Species Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
The Cavernous Ricinula, The Yellow Mouth Ricinula
- Ricinula ochrostoma Blainville, H.M.D. de 1832. Dispostion méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1: 189-263 [205].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tonga Island (error)- New Ireland. - Ricinula cavernosa Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [pl.1, figs 38a-b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Isle of Burias, Philippine Islands.
Generic Combinations
- Sistrum cavernosum (Reeve, 1846). —
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). [610] - Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [90] - Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [24, pl. 5, fig. 12]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 100 m
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius copperingi (Smith). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 13: 111-129 [122-123, figs 31-36]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 9. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18: 193-202 [196, figs 8-10]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [24, pl. 5, fig. 12]
Common Name References
Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 38] (The Cavernous Ricinula, The Yellow Mouth Ricinula)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | MURICIDAE | 24-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
29-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |