Species Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
Lehmann's Top Shell, Lesueur's Top Shell, Striped Or Rambur's Kelp
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Trochus lehmanni Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [18].
Type data:
Status unknown, west coast of Western Australia (Western Coast). - Phasianella elegans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [53] [junior homonym of Phasianella elegans Gmelin, 1791].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia (New Holland). - Trochus ramburi Crosse, H. 1864. Description d'espèces nouvelles provenant de l'Australie meridionale. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 339-346 [342, pl. XIII, fig. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [120]
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [120, fig. 59] - Cantharidus lehmanni (Menke, 1843). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [80] - Prothalotia lesueuri (Fischer, 1877). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [119, fig. 58] - Cantharidus ramburi (Crosse, 1864). —
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [130]
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. [63, fig. 7]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [63, fig. 86]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [80] - Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse, 1843). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [118, fig. 57]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Trochus (Cantharidus) lesueuri Fischer, 1877. —
Brazier, J. 1887. Trochidae and other genera of South Australia, with their synonyms. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 116-125
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Distribution given by Wilson (1993) is incorrect. Macpherson & Gabriel (1962) list it from Victoria, which is supported by AMS collection.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Beach, herbivore, marine, rock platforms, seagrass.
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. [63] (For Cantharidus ramburi) (Striped Or Rambur's Kelp)
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [119] (Lehmann's Top Shell, Lesueur's Top Shell)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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29-Aug-2014 | TROCHIDAE | 23-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
18-Aug-2021 | 20-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
09-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |