History of changes

• Contraxiala Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [421].

  Type species:

   Contraxiala obliqua Laseron, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Contraxiala obliqua Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [421, fig. 88].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102453, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36‘0‘S, 145°58‘58.8‘E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221 [108, figs 75A, 75B] (family placement)

History of changes

• Mormula Adams, A. 1863. On the species of Pyramidellinae found in Japan. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 7: 1-7 [1863: pp. 1-180; 1864: pp. 181-249; cover date 1864] [1].

  Type species:

   Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1863 (Verrill & Bush, 1900, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences 10: 531) by subsequent designation.
• Pyrgostylus Monterosato, T.A.di 1884. Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie Mediterranee. Palermo : Stabilamento Tipigrafico Verzi 152 pp. [90].

  Type species:

   Turbo striatulus Linnaeus by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Schander, C., van Aartsen, J.J. & Corgan, J.X. 1999. Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico 34(9-12): 145-166 [154].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Turbonilla philippiana Dunker, W. 1860. Neue Japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 6: 221-240 [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype Dejima, harbour of Nagasaki City, western Kyūshū, Japan.
• Elodiamea iuga Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [215, fig. 89].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105308, QLD, Off Cape Flattery, Rocky Isle [14°51'S, 145°29'E].

Generic Combinations

• Mormula philippiana (Dunker, 1860) [Fide S. Hori, in litt].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Japan

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Notes

Full synonym given by Odé (1998) and Higo (1999)

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.

Odé, H. 1998. Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonilids, excluding those along the Americas. Texas Conchologist 34(2): 33-103 [67]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [705, pl. 351, fig. 20]

History of changes

• Oopyramis Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds) 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [580].

  Type species:

   Oopyramis biplicata Thiele, 1930 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

History of changes

• Oopyramis biplicata Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [580, pl. 4, fig. 51].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 78508 Specimens in ethanol (?all), Princess Royal Harbour, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

History of changes

• Otopleura Fischer, P. 1885. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivant et fossiles. Paris : F. Savy Vol. 9 pp. 785-896. [787].

  Type species:

   Voluta auriscati Holten, 1802 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fiji, Philippines, Maldives, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Persian Gulf, Cocos-Keeling, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Voluta auriscati Chemnitz, J.H. 1795. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 11 312 + 124 pp., pls 174 -213. [20, pl. 177, figs. 1711, 1712] [invalid name; Non-binomial, as Voluta auris-cati].
• Voluta auriscati Holten, H.S. 1802. Enumeratio Systematica Conchyliae Beat. J.H. Chemnitz. Copenhagen : K.H. Scidelini 88 pp.
• Pyramidella plicata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [11, pl. 452, figs. 3a, 3b].

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella auriscati (Chemnitz, 1795) [as Pyramidella auris-cati (Chemnitz)]. —
  Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [229]
• Voluta auriscati (Chemnitz, 1795) [as Voluta auris-cati (Chemnitz)]. —
  Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [503]
• Pyramidella (Otopleura) auriscati (Chemnitz, 1795) [as Pyramidella (Otopleura) auris-cati (Chemnitz)]. —
  Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [305, pl. 73, fig. 95]
• Otopleura auriscati (Dillwyn). —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [187, figs. 7,8]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [812, pl. 172, figs 1, 2] (as Pyramidella auris-cati)

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. [106] (as Pyramidella auris-cati)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [200, pl. 57, figs 4, 4a] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [70, pl. 14, fig. 5] (as Pyramidella auris cati)

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [358] (as Pyramidella auris-cati)

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [356] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Kiener, L.C. 1836. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Vol. 10(Pyramidella). [5, pl. 1, fig. 4]

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [187]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 7] (As Otopleura auriscati)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [Pl. 3, fig. 21]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [61, pl. 6, fig. 4]

Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon (1959): 223-283, pls 1-9 [225] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [242] (as Pyramidella (Otopleura) auriscati)

Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [242]

Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl. [112, pl. 55, fig. 8] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [283, pl. 81, fig. 4] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [19]

Wells, F.F., Bryce, C.W., Clark, J.E. & Hansen, G.M. 1990. Christmas Shells. The marine molluscs of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Christmas Island: Australia : Christmas Island Natural History Association 98 pp., pls 1-81. [67, pl. 45, fig. 305] (as Otopleura auriscati)

Willan, R.C. 2005. The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea — Ashmore, Cartier and Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. pp. 51-81 in Russell, B.C. et al. (eds). Understanding the Cultural and Natural Heritage values and Management Challenges of the Ashmore Region. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Suppl. 1: 248 pp. [71]

History of changes

• Pyramidella mitralis Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [229] [nomen nudum].
• Pyramidella mitralis Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [p. 814, pl.172, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, St. Esteva, North ?Ilocos, Isle of Luzon, Philippines; sand, low water, H.C. (Mus. Cuming).
• Pyramidella propinqua Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [814, pl. 172, fig. 8].
• Pyramidella variegata Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [814, pl. 172, fig. 10].
• Otopleura australis Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [188, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105355, North-west Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland [23°18'S, 151°42'E].

Generic Combinations

• Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1855, sic). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [201, pl. 57, figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c]
• Aphalista mitralis (A. Adams). —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [187, figs. 4-6]
• Pyramidella (Otopleura) mitralis (A. Adams). —
  Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [305, pl. 73, figs. 94,97,2,3]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Brodie G.D & Brodie J.E 1990. A checklist of the opistobranch molluscs of Fiji. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 53-63 [55]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [201, pl. 57, figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c]

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [pl. 14, fig.9]

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 1. Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3(7): 395–488, 49 text figs [Date published March 6] [412]

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [482]

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [359]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [356]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [412]

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [187]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [152]

Melvill, J.C. 1911. A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 171-207, pls 4-6 [174]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 8]

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 3, figs. 20a, 20b]

Wells, F.F., Bryce, C.W., Clark, J.E. & Hansen, G.M. 1990. Christmas Shells. The marine molluscs of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Christmas Island: Australia : Christmas Island Natural History Association 98 pp., pls 1-81. [67, pl. 45, fig. 306]

History of changes

• Pyramidella nitida Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [229] [nomen nudum].
• Pyramidella nitida Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [815, pl. 172, fig. 11].

Generic Combinations

• Otopleura nitida (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [292]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Adams, A. 1855. A Monograph of Pyramidella, a genus of gastropodous mollusca belonging to the family Pyramidellidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 176-178 [Date published May 1855] [178]

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [69, pl. 14, fig. 1]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [356]

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [292]

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 3, fig. 17]

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [305, pl. 73, fig. 99]

History of changes

• Pyramidella nodicincta Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [229] [nomen nudum].
• Pyramidella nodicincta Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [813, pl. 172, fig. 5].

Generic Combinations

• Otopleura nodicincta (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [356]
• Pyramidella (Otopleura) nodicincta A. Adams, 1854. —
  Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [305, pl. 73, fig. 10]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Notes

Presence in Australia based on AM C.343474

General References

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. [106] (as Pyramidella nodocincta (sic))

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [201, pl. 57, figs. 5, 5a]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 10]

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 3, fig. 19]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [283, pl. 81, fig. 5]

History of changes

• Pyramidella Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet de 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification de coquilles, comprenent une réaction appropiée de charactères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91 [May 1799] [76].

  Type species:

   Trochus dolabratus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Plotia Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [109].

  Type species:

   Buccinum scabrum Müller, 1774 by subsequent designation, see Brot, A. 1877. Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae). pp. 193-352 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 9 Tl 3.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mienis, H.K. 2012. What is the correct generic name of the invasive tropical Thiarid species occurring in Israel and elsewhere that was described originally as Buccinum scabrum Müller, 1774? Ellipsaria: Newsletter of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 14(2) [Date published Jun 2012] [14]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Vietnam, Gulf of Thailand, French Polynesia (Society Islands), New Caledonia, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Fiji, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, Hawaiian Islands, Cocos-Keeling, Maldives, Borneo, Sri Lanka.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Glaubrecht, M., Brinkmann, N. & Pöppe, J. 2009. Diversity and disparity 'down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the 'marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85(2): 199-275 [226] (Plotia)

History of changes

• Voluta acus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3451].
• Voluta guttata Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38].
• Pyramidella musculosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [11, pl. 452, figs. 1a, 1b].
• Pyramidella maculosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [223].
• Pyramidella punctata Schubert, G.H. & Wagner, A.J. 1829. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz, fortgesetzt. Nürnberg : Bauer und Raspe Vol. 12 Xii + 196 pp., pls 214-237. [Pl. 234, figs 4099a, b].

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella acus (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [359]
• Longchaeus acus (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355]
• Pyramidella (Longchaeus) acus (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, figs. 76-78]
• Voluspa maculosa (Lamarck, 1816) [Generic combination of synonym]. —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [191, fig. 20]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral, sand.

General References

Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] (as Obeliscus punctatus)

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [806, pl. 171, figs. 14, 27] (as Obeliscus punctatus)

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. [105] (as Pyramidella maculosa)

Brodie G.D & Brodie J.E 1990. A checklist of the opistobranch molluscs of Fiji. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 53-63 [56]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [199, pl. 57, fig. 1] (as Pyramidella acus)

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [227]

Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [443] (as Pyramidella acus)

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [359] (as Pyramidella acus)

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355] (as Longchaeus acus)

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [191, fig. 20] (as Voluspa maculosa)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, fig. 5] (As Pyramidella punctata)

Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon (1959): 223-283, pls 1-9 [225] (As Longchaeus punctatus)

Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl. [112, pl. 55, fig. 11] (As Pyramidella acus)

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [19]

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, figs. 76-78] (As Pyramidella (Longchaeus) acus)

Wells, F.E. 1994. Marine Molluscs of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin (No. 410): 1-22 [16] (As Pyramidella acus)

Willan, R.C. 2005. The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea - Ashmore, Cartier, Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1: 51-81 [73] (As Pyramidella acus)

History of changes

• Pyramidella cincta Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [p.149, pl.207, figs. 2,4].

Generic Combinations

• Milda cincta (Reeve, 1842). —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [186, figs. 2, 3]
• Obeliscus cinctus (Reeve, 1842). —
  Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pyramidella (Milda) cincta Reeve, 1842.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines, Solomon Islands

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [806, pl. 171, figs. 10, 11] (as Obeliscus cinctus)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [53, pl. 12, fig. 6] (as Obeliscus cinctus)

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [186] (as Milda cincta)

Poppe, G.T. 2010. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 3. (Gastropoda Part 3 & Bivalvia Part 1). Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 3 665 pp, pl. 708-1014. [78, pl. 730, figs. 1a, 1b] (as Milda cincta)

Reeve, L. 1843. Descriptions of new species of shell figured in the Conchologia Systematica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 197-202 [198] (as Pyramidella cincta)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [Pl. 2, fig. 9] (as Pyramidella cincta)

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [62, pl. 6, fig. 18] (as Milda cincta)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [283, pl. 81, fig. 6] (as Milda cincta)

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [299, pl. 72, fig. 66] (as Pyramidella cincta)

History of changes

• Trochus dolabrata 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 Edn., 824 pp. [760].
• Helix terebellum Müller, O.F. 1774. Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium Infusorium, Helminthicorum, et Testaceorum, non marinorum, Succincta Historia. Havniae & Lipsiae : Heineck & Faber Vol. 2 xxvi 214 pp. [123].
• Obeliscus terebelloides Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] [nomen nudum].
• Obeliscus terebelloides Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [808, pl. 71, fig. 18].
• Urambella affinis Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [189, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.7515, Queensland, Torres Strait, Darnley Is [9°35'S, 143°46'E].
• Urambella ballerina Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [188, figs 10, 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105359, Queensland, GBR, Green Is, off Cairns [16°46'S, 145°58'E].
• Urambella plicata Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [189, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105358, Queensland, GBR, Michaelmas Cay [16°36'S, 145°59'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [199]
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [413]

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella dolabrata dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355]
• Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, figs. 13a, 13b,]
• Obeliscus dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230]
• Pyramidella dolabrata terebellum (Müller, 1774). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific and West Indies

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] (as Obeliscus terebellum)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [199, pl. 56, figs. 12, 12a] (as Pyramidella terebellum)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [53, pl. 12, fig. 7] (as Obeliscus terebellum)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [48, pl. 11, fig. 1] (as Obeliscus dolabratus)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [57, pl. 13, fig. 7] (as Obeliscus terebelloides)

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [482] (as Pyramidella terebelloides)

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [359] (as Pyramidella terebelloides)

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [412, fig. 133] (as Pyramidella dolabrata)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 1] (as Pyramidella dolabrata)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, figs. 13a, 13b] (As Pyramidella dolabrata)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, fig. 8] (As Pyramidella terebelloides)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, fig. 14] (As Pyramidella terebellum)

Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon (1959): 223-283, pls 1-9 [225] (As Pyramidella terebellum)

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [232] (As Pyramidella dolabrata)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [284, pl. 81, fig. 8] (As Pyramidella terebellum)

History of changes

• Obeliscus sulcatus Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] [nomen nudum].
• Obeliscus sulcata Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [807, pl. 171, fig. 34].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "Tahiti; coral sand. Mus. Cuming".
• Obeliscus tessellatus Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [808, pl. 171, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "Island of Masbate; seven fathoms, sandy mud. H.C. (Mus. Cuming)".
• Pyramidella pratii Bernardi, M. 1859. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 7: 386 [386].
• Wingenella eburnea Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [190, figs. 14-16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105360, North West Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland [23°18'S , 151°42'E].
• Wingenella obtusa Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [191, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105367, Alexandra Head, Queensland [26°40'S , 153°7'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella sulcata (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, figs. 12a, 12b]
• Pyramidella (Longchaeus) sulcata (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, figs. 79-83]
• Voluspa sulcata (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon (1959): 223-283, pls 1-9 [225]
• Longchaeus sulcatus (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 3]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Brodie G.D & Brodie J.E 1990. A checklist of the opistobranch molluscs of Fiji. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 53-63 [56]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [200, pl. 57, figs. 2, 2a] (as Pyramidella sulcata)

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [18]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355] (Recognises subspecies L. sulcatus sulcatus, L. sulcatus tessellatus, L. sulcatus pratii, L. sulcatus teres)

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [291]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [413]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [152]

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 [390]

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [49]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 3] (As Longchaeus sulcatus)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, figs. 12a, 12b] (as Pyramidella sulcata)

Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon (1959): 223-283, pls 1-9 [225] (As Voluspa sulcata)

Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl. [112, pl. 55, fig. 12]

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [232] (as Pyramidella sulcata)

Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [617]

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, figs. 79-83] (as Pyramidella (Longchaeus) sulcata)

History of changes

• Obeliscus teres Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] [nomen nudum].
• Obeliscus teres Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [807, pl. 171, figs. 31, 32].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Island of Panay; on the shore (Mus. Cuming).
• Wingenella pricena Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [190, figs. 17, 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105361, Queensland, GBR, Green Is, off Cairns [16°46'S, 145°58'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella teres (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, fig. 6]
• Longchaeus sulcatus teres (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [355]
• Longchaeus teres (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [703, pl. 350, fig. 4]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian distribution from Australian Museum collection: Cockburn Sound, WA, northwards and around northern Australia to Caloundra, QLD. Extalimital distribution from Australian Museum Collection includes India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Papua-New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands & New caledonia. Okutani (2000) states distributional record from Japan southwards to tropical Indo-West Pacific.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [200] (Considers O. teres to be a synonym of O. sulcatus)

Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. Checklist of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula 47(Supplement): 1-46 [33] (As Pyramidella teres)

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [133, pl. 41, fig. 39] (as Longchaeus teres)

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [291] (as Obeliscus teres)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp.

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [284] (as Pyramidella teres)

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, fig. 82] (Considers O. teres to be a synonym of O. sulcata)

Willan, R.C. 2005. The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea - Ashmore, Cartier, Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1: 51-81 [73] (as Pyramidella teres)

History of changes

• Obeliscus turritus Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230] [nomen nudum].
• Obeliscus turritus Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [807, pl. 171, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (type locality from original description), Albrochos Island, North Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Pyramidella (Longchaeus) turrita (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [242]
• Pyramidella turrita (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [fig. 3]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia (Lifu), Tuvalu (Funafati), Malay Archipelago (Sumbawa)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [55, pl. 13, fig. 1] (as Obeliscus turritus)

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 1. Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3(7): 395–488, 49 text figs [Date published March 6] [412] (as Pyramidella turrita)

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [482] (as Pyramidella turrita)

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [359] (as Pyramidella turrita)

Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [194] (as Pyramidella turrita)

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells. Manchester : Manchester Museum 132 pp., 3 pls. [122] (as Obeliscus turritus)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, fig.3] (as Pyramidella turrita)

Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [242]

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [301, pl. 72, figs. 84, 85] (as Pyramidella turrita)

History of changes

• Pyramidella ventricosa Guérin, F.E. 1831. Pyramidella ventricosa Guérin. Magasin de Zoologie Classe V Mollusques 1(1): pl. 2, figs 1,2 [Pl. 2, figs. 1,2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Vanikoro, Santa Cruz Islands.
• Obeliscus scitulus Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230].

Generic Combinations

• Milda ventricosa (Guérin, 1831). —
  Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [186, fig. 1]
• Pyramidella (Milda) ventricosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. —
  Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [242] (Schepman listed the species as “Pyramidella (Milda) ventricosa Quoy & Gaimard” with a note explaining that “Many authors quote Guérin as the author of this species. As I was not able to settle the question, I followed the recent opinion of Dall & Bartsch (1904)”)
• Obeliscus ventricosus (Guérin, 1831). —
  Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [230]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western and central tropical Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [806, pl. 71, figs. 13, 15] (as Obeliscus ventricosa)

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. [105, fig. 2] (as Pyramidella ventricosa)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [200, pl. 57, figs. 3, 3a] (as Pyramidella ventricosa)

Clessin, S 1902. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(28): 1-273, pls 1-41 [55, pl. 13, fig. 2] (as Obeliscus ventricosus)

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [36, pl. 83] (as Pyramidella ventricosa)

Dall, W.H. & Bartsch, P. 1904. Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17: 1-16 [4] (as Milda ventricosa Quoy (error))

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [356] (as Milda ventricosa)

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [186] (as Milda ventricosa)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [702, pl. 350, fig. 6] (as Milda ventriciosa)

Quoy, J.R.C & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 320 pp. [175, pl. 67, figs. 3-7] (Plate 67 is numbered incorrectly as plate 65; as Pyramidella ventricosa)

Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyramidella. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, fig. 15] (As Pyramidella ventricosa)

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [62, pl. 6, fig. 15] (As Milda ventricosa)

Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl. [112, pl. 55, fig. 10] (As Milda ventricosa)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [283, pl. 81, fig. 3] (As Pyramidella ventricosa)

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [19]

Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. Series 2 Philadelphia : Published by the author Vol. 8 pp. 461, pls 79. [299, pl. 72, figs. 63-65] (As Pyramidella ventricosa)

Common Name References

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. [105] (Ventricose Pyramid)

History of changes

• Sayella Dall, W.H. 1885. Notes on some Floridian land and fresh-water shells, with a revision of the Auriculacea of the Eastern United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 8: 255-289, pls XVII, XVIII [286] [Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 8(18): 286].

  Type species:

   Leuconia hemphillii Dall, 1884 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Odostomia abjecta Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [444, pl. 41, fig. 62].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.27282, QLD, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon & between Cairns Reef & Hope Is [15°42'S, 145°30'E].
• Odostomia leopardis Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [308, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105383, NSW, Sydney Harbour, Rose Bay, Woollahra Point [33°51'47"S, 151°15'24"E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hori, S. 1998. Australian Museum collection header label. Unpublished manuscript.

Generic Combinations

• Sayella abjecta (Hedley, 1909). —
  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.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

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. 1752] (as Odostomia leopardis)

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [204, figs. 60, 61, 62] (as Odostomia abjecta)

History of changes