Species Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828)
Beautiful Cantharidus, Crimson Lip Weed Shell
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 preisii Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [17].
Type data:
Status unknown, West coast of Western Australia (western coast). - Trochus puella Philippi, R.A. 1855. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 249-372 [327, pl. 46, fig. 12].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Thalotia mariae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [58].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.153566, Hobsons Bay, Pt. Philip Heads, Victoria.
Generic Combinations
- Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [121, fig. 60] - Cantharidus pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [80]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Caledonia.
IMCRA
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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Lower intertidal, marine, on algae, rock platforms, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
Seaweed
General References
Brazier, J. 1887. Trochidae and other genera of South Australia, with their synonyms. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 116-125 [118]
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [210]
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]
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [121] (Crimson Lip Weed Shell)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [63] (Beautiful Cantharidus)
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 |