Species Mitrella alizonae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columbella (Mitrella) alizonae Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [402, pl. 21, fig. 5].

 

Generic Combinations

• Mitrella alizonae (Auct.).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Columbella alizonae Auct. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [104] (Misidentification)

 

Introduction

Beechey (2007) regards use of this name as misidentification of an undescribed, deepwater NSW species

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf), Oceania, Eastern Indian Ocean, Indo-Arabia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2007. Family Columbellidae. Seashells of New South Wales. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Columbellidae/Pages/Columbellidae_intro.htm#Coverage

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. [1]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [104]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	24-May-2018	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		01-Oct-2012	MOVED
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED