Species Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Cap-shaped False Limpet, Rough Notch Limpet, Rugose Slit Limpet
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.
- Emarginula rugosa Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [331, pl. 68, figs 17-18].
Type data:
Status unknown, King George's Sound [Western Australia]. - Emarginula conoidea Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 140, fig. 7].
- Clypidina acuminata Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [88].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Clypidina scabricula Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [88].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Clypidina stellata Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [87].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Emarginula radiata Gould, A.A. 1859. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 40-166 [163].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sydney Harbour.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [708]
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [63-64]
Generic Combinations
- Montfortula conoidea (Reeve, 1842). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [30] - Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [37, fig. 51]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57, pl. 6, figs 21a-b]
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 [417]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Beechey, D.L. 2005. Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Saeshells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Fissurellidae/Pages/Montfortula_rugosa.htm
- Dell, R.K. 1971. The rediscovery of Montfortula (Mollusca: Fissurellidae) in New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 7(5): 37-41 [37-41]
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Among mussels and Galeolaria
General References
Dell, R.K. 1971. The rediscovery of Montfortula (Mollusca: Fissurellidae) in New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 7(5): 37-41
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [216] (as Hemitoma aspera)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [30]
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [63] (Rough Notch Limpet)
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [52] (as Montfortula conoidea) (Cap-shaped False Limpet)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [90, pl. 91B] (Rugose Slit Limpet)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |
22-Jan-2015 | 25-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |