Species Pterygia fenestrata (Lamarck, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mitra fenestrata Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [212].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1102/67/1, "Indian Ocean" [in error].
• Mitra glans Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 24, fig. 191].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH BMNH no. 1967771, Masbate Island, Philippines.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pterygia glans (Reeve, 1844). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [153]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific; Broome, WA to the Cairns area QLD

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral sand, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

In coral and muddy sand.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [152, pl. 153]

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. [307]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 189, pl. 24, fig. 189]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [46]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [153, pl. 33, figs 13a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MITRIDAE	15-Dec-2011	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		15-Nov-2011	MODIFIED