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Compiler and date details

September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).

December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

TROCHIDAE: Ethalia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876 — Hedley, C. 1902. Notes on Tasmanian Conchology. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 77-78 [77] (synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758), found in the Caribbean); May, W.L 1903. On Tenison-Woods types in the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 106-114 [112]

TROCHIDAE: Monilea turbinata Tennison-Woods, 1876 — Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [145] (original publication of name); May, W.L. 1903. On Tenison-Woods types in the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 106–114 [113] (states synonym of Omphalius scalaris Anton; see Hedley (1902))

Astele turbinata (Tenison-Woods, 1876) — Hedley, C. 1902. Notes on Tasmanian Conchology. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 77-78 [77] (synonym of Chlorostoma scalare Anton, a West Indian shell)

TROCHIDAE: Trochus ringens Menke in Fischer, 1879 — Hedley, C. 1902. Notes on Tasmanian Conchology. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 77-78 [78] (states "Fisher, in Coquille Vivantes, Troque, 1879 notes this species from "Ile Van Diemen." Staes further that "it is not included in any Tasmanian catalogue")

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021 TROCHOIDEA 18-Aug-2021 MODIFIED
22-Jan-2015 TROCHIDAE 27-Jul-2021 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)