Species Megastomia simplex (Angas, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Odostomia simplex Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [15, pl. 1, fig.10].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sow and Pigs Reef, Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Syrnola (Agatha) simplex (Angas, 1871). —
  Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [55, sp. 1223]
• Odostomia simplex (Angas, 1871). —
  May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 44, fig. 22]
• Megastomia simplex (Angas, 1871). —
  Hori, S. 2011. Valid names and classification of Australian Pyramidellidae (revised by S. Hori in 2-6 May 2011). Australian Museum Malacology Library, Family Pyramidellidae. Unpublished manuscript. 5 pp.
• Agatha simplex (Angas, 1871). —
  Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [306, pl. 16]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [401] (as Agatha simplex)

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44 [26] (as Odostomia simplex)

Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [55, sp. 1223] (as Syrnola (Agatha) simplex)

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 [84, sp. 1746] (as Agatha simplex)

Jansen, P. 1995. Seashells of Central New South Wales. Townsville pp. 1-129. [82, fig. 340] (as Agatha simplex)

Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [306, fig. 16] (as Agatha simplex)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [123] (as Agatha simplex)

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 44, fig. 22] (as Odostomia simplex)

Ponder, W.P., Clark, S.A. & Dallwitz, M.A. 2000. Freshwater and Estuarine Molluscs. An interactive key illustrated for New South Wales. CD Rom. CSIRO Publishing. (as Megastomia simplex)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		28-Apr-2011	ADDED