Species Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
Type data:
Lectotype Viti Levu, Fiji Islands.Subsequent designation references:
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 (also restricted type locality — originally "South Seas").- Mitra dactyloidea Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [68].
- Mitra olivellaeformis Pilsbry, H.A. 1921. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii VIII-XIII. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 72: 296-328 [315].
Type data:
Holotype 67779, Niihau Island, Hawaiian Islands.
Generic Combinations
- Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [154]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.374606)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), 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
Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [138, pl. 139]
Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 212, pl. 27, fig. 212]
Taylor, J.D. 1986. Diets of sand living predatory gastropods at Piti Bay, Guam. Asian Marine Biology 3: 47-58 (included in study)
Taylor, J.D. 1989. The diet of coral-reef Mitridae (Gastropoda) from Guam; with a review of other species of the family. Journal of Natural History 23(1): 261-278 (included in study)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [154, pl. 34, figs 5a-b]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | MITRIDAE | 31-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
24-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |