Species Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Microtis tuberculata Adams, A. 1850. An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850(18): 29-40, pl. 8 [36].
Type data:
Status unknown, Island of Capul (Philippines), on the sands, high water. - Microtina heckeliana Crosse, H. 1870. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 138-248 [138].
Type data:
Status unknown, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Dekker, H. 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya, Supplement 2: 1-228
Generic Combinations
- Microtis heckeliana (Crosse, 1871). —
Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae. http://www.capricornica.com. http://capricornica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Trochidae.pdf [no. 180] - Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [73] - Stomatia (Microtis) tuberculata (A. Adams, 1850). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [36]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from Malaysia to New Caledonia Lord Howe and QLD added from Australian Museum collection records (e.g. C.448676). Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.336782).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Talmadge, R. 1958. A note on the Microtis in Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(2): 39-40 [39]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [73, pl. 11, figs 12a-b]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TROCHIDAE | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 31-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |