Species Nassarius (Niotha) pauperatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Impoverished Dog Whelk, Poor Dog Whelk
- Buccinum pauperatum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [278].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MHNG 1102/13/1-5, no locality. - Buccinum australe Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [21] [junior homonym of Buccinum australe Gmelin, 1791].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Holland=Australia. - Nassa lirella Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 1-25 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 14, fig. 95] [as Nassa lirella (Beck MS) Reeve, 1853].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 197361, no locality.
Generic Combinations
- Nassarius (Niotha) pauperatus (Lamarck, 1822). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [54]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, estuary, intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, muddy sand, rock platforms, rock pools, sand flats, seagrass, shallow subtidal, sheltered bays, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 70 m
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18: 137-192 [154, figs 28-33]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [54]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [82, pl. 15, figs 18a-c]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [29, pl. 55] (Poor 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] (Impoverished Dog Whelk)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | BUCCINOIDEA | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 19-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |