Species Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Albula aurantium Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [20].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tranquebar.
• Natica straminea Récluz, C.A. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Navicella, Neritina, Nerita and Natica, in the cabinet of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11(130): 197-214 [211].
• Natica sulphurea Récluz, C.A. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Navicella, Neritina, Nerita and Natica, in the cabinet of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11(130): 197-214 [211].
• Uber mellosum Hedley, C. 1924. Some Naticoids from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 154-162 [158, pl. 22, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.20058 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Eagle Island, Queensland, Australia [14°42'0"S, 145°22'58.8"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Polinices (Polinices) aurantius (Röding, 1798). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 29]
• Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798). —
  Hollmann, M. 2008. Naticidae. pp. 482-500 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 1. Gastropoda Part 1. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 3 pp.1-758, pls 1-312. [486, pl. 188, fig. 1]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral sand, intertidal, 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 [194]

Hollmann, M. 2008. Naticidae. pp. 482-500 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 1. Gastropoda Part 1. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 3 pp.1-758, pls 1-312. [486, pl. 188, fig. 1]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 29]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [217] (Yellow Sand Snail)

 

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