Species Mitra stictica (Link, 1807)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta stictica Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Indonesia: Java: "Batavia" [= Jakarta].
• Mitra abbatis Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 39, figs 2-3].
• Mitra pontificalis 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 [198].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MHNG.
• Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [561].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Madagascar.
• Mitra pontificalis confluens Dautzenberg, P. 1935. Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2(17): 1-208 [55, pl. 2, fig. 9] [as Mitra pontificalis var. confluens Dautzenberg, 1935].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, fig. 24]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; also Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) AMS C.147360

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [309, pl. 262]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [296]

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 [9]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, fig. 24]

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [158, pl. 159] (Pontifical Mitre)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MITRIDAE	27-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Nov-2011	MODIFIED