Species Nodilittorina pyramidalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Pyramid Nodiwink
- Littorina pyramidalis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321-686. [482, pl. 33, figs 12-15].
Type data:
Holotype (Museum listed as "Paris Museum"), Jervis Bay, (New South Wales), Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) pyramidalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) [misidentification in part, see Reid 2007:63]. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [147] - Tectarius pyramidalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M51] - Nodilittorina pyramidalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. 2004. The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75-122 [81] - Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) pyramidalis pyramidalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
Rosewater, J. 1970. The family Littorinidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The subfamily Littorininae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(11): 417-506 [481]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tectaria nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification]. —
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [389] - Tectarius tuberculatus (Menke, 1828) [misidentification]. —
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [243] - Nodilittorina tuberculata (Menke, 1828) [misidentification]. —
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. [80, text fig.]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocky shore.
Extra Ecological Information
Can live up to 12 m above sea level, generally in crevices. For further habitat information see Reid (2004)
General References
Chapman, M.G. 1994. Small- and broad-scale patterns of distribution of the upper-shore littorinid Nodilittorina pyramidalis in New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 83–95
Chapman, M.G. & Underwood, A.J. 1994. Dispersal of the intertidal snail, Nodilittorina pyramidalis, in response to the topographic complexity of the substratum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (179): 145–169
Dudgeon, D. & Yipp, M.W. 1986. Does competion determine the vertical zonation of high-intertidal littorinidae (Gastropoda) in Hong Kong?. pp. 795-802 in Morton, B. (ed.). Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press. [795]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [38]
Reid, D.G. 1992. The gastropod family Littorinidae in Hong Kong. pp. 187-210 in Morton, B. (ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III: In Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop, 11–29 April 1989. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press.
Reid, D.G. 2001. The genus Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-Malayan Region. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 25(2): 443-449
Reid, D.G. 2002. Morphological review and phylogenetic analysis of Nodilittorina (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 259-281
Reid, D.G. 2002. The genus Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with a discussion of biogeographic provinces of the rocky-shore fauna. The Veliger 45(2): 85-170
Reid, D.G. 2007. The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1-161 [63]
Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. 2004. The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75-122 [81-86, Figs 2–3, 4A,B, 5]
Rosewater, J. 1970. The family Littorinidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The subfamily Littorininae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(11): 417-506 [481] (apparently Rosewater unknowingly included seven species under this one name, including pyramidalis itself (see Reid, 2007: 74))
Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 60-86
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [147, pl. 18, fig. 5a-b] (misidentification, in part)
Yipp, M.W. 1986. Respiratory adaptations and survival of three high-intertidal littorinids (Gastropoda) from Hong Kong rocky shores. pp. 1041-1054 in Morton, B. (ed.). Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press. [1041]
Common Name References
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [106, pl. 107] (Pyramid Nodiwink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINOIDEA | 27-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 26-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |