Species Psilaxis oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855)
Compiler and date details
2011 - Des Beechey & Winston Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney
- Philippia oxytropis Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of Shells, from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 311-317 [317].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 1980127, New Caledonia. - Philippia manifesta Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [229, 235, pl. 25, fig. 9].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57775 dry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°52'58.8'S, 151°13'1.2'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [125]
Generic Combinations
- Solarium (Philippia) oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855). —
Hanley, S. 1863. Monograph of the recent species of the genus Solarium of Lamarck. 227-246, pls 250-254 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [236, pl. 253, figs 46-47] - Solarium oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855). —
Reeve, L.A. 1864. Monograph of the genus Solarium. pls 1, 2 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [no. 15, pl. 3, fig. 15] - Psilaxis oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855). —
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [125, Pl. 3, figs B-F figs 97-99, 101-103] - Philippia (Psilaxis) oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855). —
Robertson, R. 1970. Systematics of Indo-Pacific Philippia (Psilaxis), architectonicid gastropods with eggs and young in the umbilicus. Pacific Science 24(1): 66-83 [66ff, figs 2, 4, 5, 17]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Philippia radiata auct. [misidentification]. —
Kira, T. 1962. Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour. Osaka : Hoikusa 224 pp., 72 pls. [24, pl. 13, fig. 5]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Bieler, 1993: distribution map fig. 103, p. 128. 'Subtropical. Known from western Indian Ocean and western to central Pacific... Additional populations are now known from the southwestern Indian Ocean and Australia'.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand, subtidal.
General References
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [128]
Garrard, T.A. 1977 [1978]. A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 31(13): 506-584 [published 31 October 1978, cover date 30 September 1977] [526]
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [100-101, fig 36 A, B]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2018 | 01-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |