Species Microdiscula subcanaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Skenea subcanaliculata Smith, E.A. 1875. Descriptions of some new shells from Kergulen Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 16: 67-73 [71, pl. 9, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 76.8.28.40 8 shells glued to a piece of paper (7 fathoms), Swain's Bay, Kerguelen Islands.

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [193].

  Secondary source:

   Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [624].

 

Generic Combinations

• Microdiscula subcanaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1875). —
  Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Islands, South Orkney Islands and South Georgia.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [193, pl. 81 fig. 3]

Ponder. W.F. 1983. Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. The Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports 108: 1-96 [32, figs. 25d-g]

Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [240, pl. 15, fig. 6 and pl. 16, figs. 5.6]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROSTROPHA	06-Jan-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		31-Aug-2011	ADDED