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Species Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hairy Triton, Northern Hairy Triton

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Altena, C.O. van Regteren 1942. The marine mollusca of the Kendeng beds (East Java). Gastropoda Part 4 (families Cassididae-Ficidae inclusive). Leidsche Geologische Mededelingen 13: 89-120 [101]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [114, figs 33d, e, 34c]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [98, fig. 5H]

Beu, A.G. & Kay, A.E. 1988. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt IV. The Cymatium pileare complex. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18(2): 185-223 [203, figs 3, 17-20, 42-48]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. The Bursidae, Cymatiidae and Colubrariidae of Fiji. Veliger 9(3): 310-329 [320, pl. 43, figs 10, 10a, text fig. 10]

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [117, fig. 350]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [67, pl. 14, fig. 1]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [12, fig. 4]

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. [221, figs 76D, 77B]

MacNeil, F.S. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 339: i-iv, 1-148, 19 pls [59, pl. 17, fig. 10]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [127]

Martin, K. 1899. Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek und von anderen. I. Gastropoda. 1899-1906. Leiden : E.J.Brill 325 pp. [323, pl. 22, figs 323, 324]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 7, fig. 23]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [66, pl. 7, fig. 1]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [305, fig. 172]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [140, pl. 11, figs 7a, 7b]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [12, fig. 165]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [82, fig. 265]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [246, pl. 41, fig. 4]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [28, pl. 53, figs 12, 12a]

 

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)
01-Jun-2021 TONNOIDEA 12-Jul-2012 MOVED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
08-Mar-2012 MODIFIED