Species Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum papillosum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [737].

  Type data:

   Holotype LS "393", Asiatic Ocean, restricted to Java, Indonesia.
• Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa seminuda Dautzenberg, P. 1929. Mollusca II: Mollusca marina testacea. In, Petit, G. (ed). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Françaises 3: 321-636, pls 4-7 [203] [as Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa var. seminuda Dautzenberg, 1929].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, IRSNB, Madagascar.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [60, pl. 2, figs 3, 4]
• Alectrion papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [439, sp. 4]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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

Extra Ecological Information

To 92 m.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [60, pl. 2, figs 3-4]

Kaicher, S.D. 1983. Card catalogue of world-wide shells. Pack #34 - Nassariidae Part II. Published by the author: Sally Diana Kaiche, St. Petersburf, Florida. Cards 3453 - 3558 pp. [Card 3454]

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. [275, fig. 95 A]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [78, pl. 14, figs 11a-b]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [216] (Papillose Dog Whelk)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [148, pl. 149] (Pimpled Dog Whelk)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	23-Aug-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED