Species Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea asellus 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, 824 pp. [722, no. 309].
• Cypraea striatella 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] [90].
• Cypraea vespacea Melvill, J.C. 1905. Four colour varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology 11: 192 [192].
• Cypraea bougei Dautzenberg, P. 1906. Sur quelques deformations chez des Cypraea de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 4 54: 263-266 [266, pl. 9, figs 4-6].
• Adusta latefasciata Schilder, F.A. 1930. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Cypraeacea. 3. Zoologischer Anzeiger 92: 67-78 [78].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, W. Sunda Island.
• Evanaria kawakawa Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [320].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14151, Suva, Fiji.

 

Generic Combinations

• Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [155]
• Evenaria latefasciata (Smith, 1930). —
  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 [61]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [127]

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 [60]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [155]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [187, pl. 33, figs 4 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [120, pl. 357] (Little Ass Cowry)

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [155] (Little-Donkey Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED