Species Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fusus ficula Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Fusus. pls 15-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [no. 73].
• Murex serotina Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima from the Cummingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 267-272 [268].
• Latirus contemptus Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of Shells, from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 311-317 [315].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, West Indies.
• Murex (Ocinebra) pholidota Watson, R.B. 1883. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 494-611 [602].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Flinders Passage, Cape York, Torres Straits, 7 fathoms.
• Fusus cereus Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [46, pl. 5, fig. D].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Curtis, 7 fathoms.

Generic Combinations

• Lataxiena (Orania) ficula (Reeve, 1848). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [23, pl. 6, figs 18a-b]
• Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [71, pl. 21, fig. 2] (as Lataxiena pholidota)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [23, pl. 6, figs 18a-b]

History of changes