Species Ovaginella pisum (Reeve, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marginella pisum Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella. pls 1, 14-28 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 27, fig. 156].

Generic Combinations

• Ovaginella pisum (Reeve, 1865). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [142]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 194 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2003. Ovaginella pisum (Reeve, 1865). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Marginellidae/Pages/Ovaginella_pisum.htm (date accessed 19/01/2012)

Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 224-240 [225]

Cossignani, T. 2006. Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the world. L'Informatore Piceno pp. 1-408. [362]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [426]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39–92 [46]

Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd. [22-012]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [142]

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