Species Quasimitra variabilis (Reeve, 1844)
Variable Mitre
- Mitra variabilis Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 13, fig. 95].
Type data:
Lectotype 1967905, Torres Strait, [Queensland] northeastern Australia. - Mitra cylindracea Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 13, fig. 97].
Type data:
Lectotype 1967738. - Mitra peasei Dohrn, H. von 1860. Description of new species of Mitra from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(28): 366-368 [366].
Type data:
Lectotype 1967832, Australia. - Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, J.R. le B. 1920. On certain of Link's names in the Mitridae. Nautilus 33: 133-134 [134].
Generic Combinations
- Quasimitra variabilis (Reeve, 1844). —
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
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indo-west Pacific
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Beechey, D.L. 2003. Family Mitridae - Coverage. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Mitridae/Pages/Mitridae_coverage.htm
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [340, pl. 296]
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. 95, pl. 13, fig. 95]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, figs 2a-b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [209, pl. 587] (Variable Mitre)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MITRIDAE | 03-May-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 15-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |