Species Megastomia tenera (A. Adams, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Odostomia tenera Adams, A. 1860. Mollusca Japonica: new species of Odostomia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 6: 20-22.
• Odostomia affinis Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [259].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.171039, QLD, Cape York [10°43'S, 142°32'E].
• Odostomia clara Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [259].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.171044, QLD, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM C.171045, QLD, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
• Odostomia compta Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [260].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.171042, QLD, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM C.171043, QLD, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
• Odostomia parvula Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [260].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.171047, QLD, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
• Odostomia polita Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.171051, QLD Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hedley, C. 1901. A revision of the types of the marine shells of the "Chevert" Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 121-130 [125, pl. 16, figs. 15, 16, 17, 19; pl. 17, fig. 18] (for Odostomia polita, O. affinis, O. parvula)
• Hori, S. 1998. Australian Museum collection header label. Unpublished manuscript. (for O. compta and O. clara)

 

Generic Combinations

• Parodostomia compta (Brazier, 1877). —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [200]
• Megastomia tenera (A. Adams, 1860). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [721, pl. 359, fig. 108]
• Marginodostomia tenera (A. Adams, 1860). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [362]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [93] (as Odostomia tenera)

Hedley, C. 1901. A revision of the types of the marine shells of the "Chevert" Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 121-130 [125, pl. 16, figs. 15, 16, 17, 19; pl. 17, fig. 18] (as Odostomia clara, Odostomia compta, Odostomia compta var. affinis, Odostomia compta var. parvula, Odostomia compta var. polita)

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [362] (as Marginodostomia tenera)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [721, pl. 359, fig. 108] (as Megastomia tenera)

Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55 [48] (as Odostomia compta, Odostomia parvula, Odostomia polita, Odostomia affinis, Odostomia clara)