Species Microdiscula charopa (Tate, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclostrema micra Petterd, W. 1884. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Journal of Conchology 4: 135-145 [139] [junior homonym; of Cyclostrema micra Tenison-Woods, 1877].
• Cyclostrema charopa Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229 [217, pl. 7, figs. 2a-2c] [replacement name; for Cyclostrema micra Petterd, 1884].

  Type data:

   Neotype SAMA D13425.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ponder, W.F. 1990. The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 515-532 [531].
• Helisalia pallida Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 12(1): 1-25, figs 1-49a [17, figs. 46, 46a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102495 (26 shells), NSW, Sydney N, Collaroy, Long Reef [33°44'36"S, 151°18'36"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. 1990. The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 515-532 [531]

 

Generic Combinations

• Microdiscula charopa (Tate, 1889). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1990. The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 515-532 [531]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [356]

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. [34, sp. 581]

Macpherson, J.H. & Chapple, E.H. 1951. A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 107-185 [116]

May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [43, sp. 367]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 21, fig. 1]

Ponder, W.F. 1990. The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 515-532 [531]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [100]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		31-Aug-2011	ADDED