Species Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877
- Microvoluta australis Angas, G.F. 1877. Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 34-40, pl. 5 [35, pl. 5, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Port Jackson, in 25 fathoms (46 m). - Voluta minima Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. 2nd Supplement. London Vol. 5 pp. 297-305, pls 14-18. [300, pl. 16, figs 152-152a].
- Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [120, pl. 23, figs 20-21].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.29064 dry, off Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia [43°13'1.2'S,148°4'58.8'E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
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, continental slope, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 212 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2003. Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Volutomitridae/Pages/Microvoluta_australis.htm (date accessed 8/12/2011)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [119, pl. 15, figs 1-3]
Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl. [Date published 1 May 1962] [193]
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [268]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [159, text fig.]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 08-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |