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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.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

North West Cape, WA to southern Qld

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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