Species Megastomia angasi (Tryon, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Odostomia lactea Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13 [112, pl. 13, fig. 11] [junior homonym; not Odostomia lactea Dunker, 1860].
• Odostomia angasi Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [362, pl. 79, fig. 68] [replacement name; for Odostomia lactea Angas, 1867].

 

Generic Combinations

• Megastomia angasi (Tryon, 1886). —
  Hori, S. 2011. Valid names and classification of Australian Pyramidellidae (revised by S. Hori in 2-6 May 2011). Australian Museum Malacology Library, Family Pyramidellidae. Unpublished manuscript. 5 pp.
• Syrnola (Agatha) angasi (Tryon, 1886). —
  Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [55, sp. 1221]
• Agatha angasi (Tryon, 1886). —
  Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [306, fig. 17]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [401] (as Agatha angasi)

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44 [24] (as Odostomia angasi)

Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [55, sp. 1221] (as Syrnola (Agatha) angasi)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [84, sp. 1745] (as Agatha angasi)

Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [306, fig. 17] (as Agatha angasi)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [123] (as Agatha angasi)

Ponder, W.P., Clark, S.A. & Dallwitz, M.A. 2000. Freshwater and Estuarine Molluscs. An interactive key illustrated for New South Wales. CD Rom. CSIRO Publishing. (as Odostomia angasi)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		26-Apr-2011	ADDED