Species Polinices albumen (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nerita albumen Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [776].

  Type data:

   Lectotype no. 385, Asiatic Ocean.

 

Generic Combinations

• Polinices (Neverita) albumen (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [221, pl. 36, fig. 37]
• Polinices albumen (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral sand, marine.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [195-196, figs 57-58]

Kabat, A.R. 1990. Species of Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by Linnaeus in the "Systema Naturae" (1758). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 1-25 [19-21, fig. 3C-D]

Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884 [859]

Streitz, M. 1992. Moon Shells of Thailand. Part 2. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 60: 12-25 [21]

Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [188]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [221, pl. 36, fig. 37]

 

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. [136] (Egg-white Sand Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	NATICIDAE	26-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		23-Jul-2012	MOVED
		17-Feb-2012	MODIFIED