Subspecies Patelloida saccharina stella (Lesson, 1830)
Northern Star Limpet
Compiler and date details
July 2014 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. David Lindberg reviewed the group.
- Patella stella Lesson, R. P. 1830. Zoologie, Chapter XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers: I. Mollusques. pp. 239-454 in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, exécuté sur la corvette de la Majesté la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Atlas. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2, Part 1 471 pp. [421].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, New Zealand (error).Type locality references:
Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. A revision of the Australian species of Notoacmea, Collisella and Patelloida (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Acmaeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4(4): 167-208 [188-189]. - Patella stellaris Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [356, pl. 71, figs 1-4] [a junior homonym of Patella stellaris Röding, 1798, which is a synonym of P. saccharina Linnaeus].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, New Ireland. - Collisellina paropsis Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [275].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.53573 dry; 1 specimen, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, off Cairns, Queensland [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E]
Comment: illustrated in Ponder & Creese 1980: pl. 8, figs 6-8.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. A revision of the Australian species of Notoacmea, Collisella and Patelloida (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Acmaeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4(4): 167-208 [188]
Generic Combinations
- Patelloida saccharina stella (Lesson, 1830). —
Macpherson, J.H. 1955. Preliminary revision of the families Patellidae and Acmaeidae in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 67(2): 229-256 [243, figs in text, pl. 12, figs 3, 4]
Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. A revision of the Australian species of Notoacmea, Collisella and Patelloida (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Acmaeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4(4): 167-208 [188, pl. 8, figs 6-8]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [34]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North West Cape, WA to southern Qld
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Exposed coast, lower intertidal, marine, mid intertidal, on rockplatform.
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [88] (Northern Star Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2012 | EOGASTROPODA | 09-May-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 09-May-2012 | 09-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 14-May-2014 | 08-Mar-2012 | ADDED | ||
| Lottiidae (OBIS load) | 01-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |