Genus Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758

Compiler and date details

1 November 2013 - Mark Norman, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

2 July 2001 - C.C. Lu, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Nautilus 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. [709].
Type species:
Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Teichert, C. & Moore, R.C. 1964. Classification and stratigraphic distribution. pp. K94-K106 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K Mollusca 3. New York : The Geological Society of America 519 pp. [K94].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific region.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- Queensland: NE coast
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, NW coast, NW oceanic

Distribution References

Saunders, W.B. 1981. A new species of Nautilus from Palau. Veliger 24: 1-7

General References

Barord, G., Combosch, D., Giribet, G., Landman, N., Lemer, S., Veloso, J. & Ward, P. 2023. Three new species of Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from the Coral Sea and South Pacific. ZooKeys 1143: 51-69

Saunders, W.B. 1981. A new species of Nautilus from Palau. Veliger 24: 1-7 [1]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	NAUTILOIDEA	04-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Mark Norman (NMV) Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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