Species Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Voluta paupercula Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [731].
Type data:
Lectotype T[anjun]g Nama, Ambon Bay, Ambon I., Indonesia.Subsequent designation references:
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528. - Mitra venosa Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [137].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Mitra zebra Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [215].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG 1102/75, Indian Ocean. - Mitra radiata Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [238].
Type data:
Lectotype. - Strigatella zebra Garrett, A. 1880. Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitridae, with remarks on their geographical range, station and descriptions of supposed new species. Journal of Conchology 3: 1-73 [35].
Type data:
Lectotype Fiji and Samoa Islands. - Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula obtusata Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(1): 83-159 [149] [as Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula var. obtusata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
Type data:
Status unknown, Isle des Pins, New Caledonia.
Generic Combinations
- Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [152] - Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.325952); Christmas Island (C.375959)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Boulders, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Under coral rocks and basalt boulders, throughout the reef-flat but more frequently towards the high tide zone
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [477, pl. 429]
Katsuno, S. & T. Sasaki 2008. Comparative histology of radula-supporting structures in Gastropoda. Malacologia 50(1): 13-56 (included in study (as M. zebra))
Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [27]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [152, pl. 33, fig. 5]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MITRIDAE | 31-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 15-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |