Genus Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plesiothyreus Cossmann, M. 1888. Catologue illustré des Coquilles fossiles de l'Eocene des environs de Paris. Fasc. 3. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 23: 3-328, 11 pls [195].

  Type species:

   Capulus parmophoroides Cossmann, 1885 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Bouchet, P. 2011. List of Molluscan Genera, with type species information. Document held by ABRS for the purposes of AFD molluscan loads.
• Phenacolepas Pilsbry, H.A. 1891. On the use of the generic name Scutellina. Nautilus 5(8): 88-89 [89].

  Type species:

   Scutella crenulata Broderip, 1834 by original designation.
• Cinnalepeta Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929].

  Type species:

   Patella cinnamomea Gould, 1846 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Christiaens, J. 1989. The Phenacolepadidae. Gastropoda: Neritoidea. Part 2. Gloria Maris 28: 17-48
• Fukumori, H.,Yahagi, T., Warén, A. & Kano, Y. 2019. Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185: 636-655

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Christiaens, J. 1988. Red Sea Malacology VI. Revision of the Phenacolepas of the Red Sea. Gloria Maris 27(5-6): 65-82 [67]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	06-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
22-Jan-2015	NERITOIDEA	07-Aug-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
		28-Mar-2012	(import)