Species Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Montfortia excentrica Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [269, pl. 31, figs 14-15].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.53535 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0'S, 145°58'58.8'E].
Generic Combinations
- Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica (Iredale, 1929). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57] - Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929). —
McLean, J.H. 2011. Reinstatement of the Fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427 [419-421]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wilson (1993) gives the distribution of this species as "Central Indo-West Pacific; Exmouth Gulf, WA, to southern QLD". Howver, the Australian Museum collection holds no specimens identified with this name, and has re-identified the holotype (C.53535) as a specimen of Montfortista panhi.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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
Marine.
General References
McLean, J.H. 2011. Reinstatement of the Fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57, pl. 6, fig. 33a-c]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2011 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 08-Nov-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 24-Aug-2011 | 24-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |