Species Penion mandarinus (Duclos, 1831)
Mandarin Whelk, Waite's Buccinum Whelk
- Fusus mandarinus Duclos, P.L. 1831. Title unknown. Magasin de Zoologie 1(2): pl. 8 [pl. 8].
Type data:
Neotype SAMA D.13501, "China Seas" Living on rocks at extreme low tides, Guichen Bay, South Australia. - Fusus grandis Gray, J.E. 1839. Molluscous Animals, and their shells. pp. 101-155, pls 33-44 in Beechey, F.W. (ed.). The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R. N., F. R. S., &c. in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London : H.G. Bohn. [116].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, locality unknown. - Fusus dilatatus Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Fusus. pls 1-14 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 13, fig. 49c].
- Fusus pastinacea Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Fusus. pls 15-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 16, fig. 64].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, "Australia" (= Circular Head, Tasmania). - Fusus tasmaniensis Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii [421, pl. 37, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. - Siphonalia oligostira Tate, R. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Australian Mollusca, recent and fossil. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 257-265 [Date published Dec] [258, pl. 11, fig. 6].
Type data:
Status unknown, Guichen Bay, South Australia. - Fusus waitei Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37 [Date published 8 October 1903] [373, pl. 37].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.16383 dry, sticky mud and shell, 5.5-7.5 mls north east of Cape Three Points, New South Wales, Australia [33°31'15.6"S, 151°34'51.6"E]. - Berylsma grandis levifida Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [261].
Type data:
Holotype AM, off Twofold Bay, New South Wales, shallow water. - Largisipho oligostira spectanda Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [182, pl. 41, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57724, 91-110 m, off Montague Is., New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Penion mandarinus (Duclos, 1831). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [64-65]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, marine.
General References
Grove, S.J. 2011. A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/index.html (Penion mandarinus (Duclos, 1831) ('mandarin whelk'))
Ponder, W.F. 1973. A review of the Australian species of Penion Fischer (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2(4): 401-428 [409-416]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [64, pl. 12, fig. 5]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [156] (Waite's Buccinum Whelk)
Grove, S.J. 2011. A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/index.html (Mandarin Whelk)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | BUCCINOIDEA | 18-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 19-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |