Species Patelloida insignis (Menke, 1843)
Maltese Cross 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 insignis Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [34].
Type data:
Holotype lost. - Acmaea crucis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some Tasmanian Patellidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 43-58 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [52].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C.105257 1 specimen; dry, Tasmania, Australia [41°8'60"S, 146°10'1.2"E].
Paralectotype(s) TMH E304/7681 3 specimens
Comment: lectotype illustrated in Ponder & Creese 1980: pl. 6, figs 4-6.Subsequent designation 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 [182].
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 [182]
Generic Combinations
- Collisella (Collisella?) crucis (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Christiaens, J. 1975. Revision provisoire des mollusques marins récents de la famille des Acmaeidae (seconde partie). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 4(4): 91-116 [95] - Patelloida insignis (Menke, 1843). —
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 [182, pl. 6, figs 1-6, pl. 12, figs 4-6]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [33] - Radiacmea insignis (Menke, 1843). —
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [235] - Patelloida conoidea insignis (Menke, 1843). —
Christiaens, J. 1975. Revision provisoire des mollusques marins récents de la famille des Acmaeidae (seconde partie). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 4(4): 91-116 [95]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Low intertidal, marine, sheltered coast, subtidal, under stones.
General References
Nakano, T. & Ozawa, T. 2007. Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and Palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 79–99 (included in analysis (from Pambula, NSW))
Common Name References
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [82, pl. 83G] (Maltese Cross 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 |