Species Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rissoina grandis Philippi, A.R. 1847. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1847: 71-77, 84-96, 113-127 [127] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippines.
• Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, G.P. 1839-1853. Traité élémentaire de Conchylilogie avec les applications de cette science à la Géologie. Part 1 - Introduction (1839-1853), i-xii, 1-368. Part 2 - Conchifères dimyaires (1839-1858), 1-824, 1-384. Explication des planches (1839-1853). Paris : Victor Masson 384 pp. [pl. 77, fig. 18-20].
• Rissoina cumingi Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(IX-XV) pp. 257-484, pls 33-60. [327, pl. 35, fig. 1].

 

Generic Combinations

• Rissoina (Moerchiella) gigantea (Deshayes, 1848). —
  Sleurs, W.J.M. 1993. A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Alinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63: 71-135 [92-94, figs 20A-B; 54A]
• Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1848).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Sleurs, W.J.M. 1993. A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Alinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63: 71-135 [92-94, figs 20A-B, 54A]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [56, sp. 7] (as Zebina (Morchiella) gigantea)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	19-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	RISSOOIDEA	29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Jan-2012	MODIFIED