Species Nassarius (Plicarcularia) graniferus (Kiener, 1834)
Graniferous Dog Whelk
- Buccinum verrucosum Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Buccinum. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par de matieres. Historie Naturelle des Vers et Mollusques 1: 236-285 [279].
Type data:
Status unknown, Foulepoint, Madagascar and Ceylon. - Buccinum graniferum Kiener, L.C. 1834. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 9. [100, pl. 27, fig. 111].
Type data:
Status unknown, East Indies. - Nassa perlata Marrat, F.P. 1880. On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa Lam. 104 pp. [65].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines.
Generic Combinations
- Nassarius (Plicarcularia) graniferus (Kiener, 1834). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [76, pl. 7, figs 1-2]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
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, intertidal, marine, sand, seagrass, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 22 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2004. Nassariidae Coverage. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Nassariidae/Pages/Nassariidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 15/8/2012)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [76, pl. 7, figs 1-2] (as Nassarius (Plicarcularia) granifer (Kiener, 1834))
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. Mollusca Gastropoda : On a collection of Nassariidae from New Caledonian waters. pp. 187-204 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 150: 1-259 [189]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [84, pl. 15, figs 23a-b]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [153] (Graniferous Dog Whelk)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | BUCCINOIDEA | 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED |