Species Mesoginella translucida (Sowerby, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marginella translucida Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1846. Monograph of the genus Marginella. pp. 373-406, pls 74-78 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1. [376, pl. 75, fig. 62,63].
• Marginella volutiformis Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella. pls 1, 14-28 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 24, fig. 131].
• Marginella attenuata Weinkauff, H.C. 1879. Die Gattungen Marginella und Erato. pp. 41-166, pls 11-26 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 5. [126, pl. 24, .5,6].
• Marginella humerica Laseron, C. 1948. New South Wales Marginellidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22(1): 35-48, pls 5-6 [41, pl. 5, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.103365 dry, stones, off Tacking Point, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia [31°28'1.2'S,152°56'60'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Mesoginella translucida (Sowerby, 1846). —
  Cossignani, T. 2006. Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the world. L'Informatore Piceno pp. 1-408. [344]
• Austroginella translucida (Sowerby, 1846). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [140]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 66 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2003. Mesoginella translucida (Sowerby, 1846). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Marginellidae/Pages/Mesoginella_translucida.htm (date accessed 19/01/2012)

Coovert, G.A. 1999. Revision of the nomenclature of the Kaicher Marginella card packs (Cystiscidae, Marginellidae). Marginella Marginalia 10(3-6): 1-39 [35]

Cossignani, T. 2006. Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the world. L'Informatore Piceno pp. 1-408. [344]

Laseron, C. 1948. New South Wales Marginellidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22(1): 35-48, pls 5-6 [35]

Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd. [22-014]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [140]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [203, pl. 571] (Translucent Margin Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MARGINELLIDAE	19-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED