Species Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nerita vitellus 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. [10, 77].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LS no. 563, Asiatic Ocean.
• Nerita rufa Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp. [413].
• Nerita leucozonias Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3672].
• Nerita spadicea Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3672].
• Cochlis albula Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [146].
• Natica fuscata Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [140].
• Nerita helvacea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [200].
• Natica forscalii Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [47].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Red Sea.
• Natica pallens Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5(10): 151-160 [157].
• Natica chemnitzii Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27-120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [15, pl. 2, figs 3-4] [junior homonym of Natica chemnitzii Pfeiffer, 1840].
• Natica (Nerita) globosa Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27-120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [21, pl. 3, figs 1-2; pl. 8, fig. 5] [junior homonym; as Natica (Nerita) globosa 'Chemnitz' Philippi, 1855; non Natica globosa Grateloup, 1828].

 

Generic Combinations

• Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [217, pl. 36, fig. 28]

 

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

Coral reef, marine.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [173-176, figs 2-5]

Kabat, A.R. 1990. Species of Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by Linnaeus in the "Systema Naturae" (1758). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 1-25 [10-12]

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [217, pl. 36, fig. 28]

 

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. [135, fig. 5] (Egg Yolk Sand Snail)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [122, pl. 123] (Calf Natica)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	NATICIDAE	15-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Feb-2012	MODIFIED