Species Morum (Oniscidia) grandis (Adams, 1855)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oniscia grandis Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of new genera and species of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 182-186 [185-186].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, China Seas.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lambidium grande (Adams, 1855). —
  Yen, T.C. 1942. A review of the Chinese gastropods in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 24(5/6): 170-290 [214]
• Morum (Oniscidia) grandis (Adams, 1855). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [139, pl. 30, figs 1, 4]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Japan to Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand, stones.

Extra Ecological Information

100-200 m; coarse sand

 

General References

Dance, S.P. & Emerson, W.K. 1967. Notes on Morum dennisoni (Reeve) and related species. Veliger 2 10: 91-98 [95]

Frydman, F. 1991. A bit more on Morum. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 54: 10-13 [11]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [272]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [139, pl. 30, figs 1, 4]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	HARPIDAE	18-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		16-Nov-2011	MODIFIED