Species Tropaeas subulata (A. Adams, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pyramidella subulata Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [229] [nomen nudum].
• Pyramidella subulata Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [815-816].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sorsogon, province of Albay, isle of Luzon, Philippines;coarse sand, four fathoms (Mus. Cuming).

  Type locality references:

  Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tropaeas subulata (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [383]
• Elusa subulata (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Hedley, C. 1900. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 495-513 [22 Nov. 1900] [504]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines, Persian Gulf, Japan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Adams, A. 1855. A Monograph of Pyramidella, a genus of gastropodous mollusca belonging to the family Pyramidellidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 176-178 [Date published May 1855] [177]

Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1(3): 249-261 [256]

Hedley, C. 1900. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 495-513 [22 Nov. 1900] [504, pl. 25, figs. 19-21]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [383]

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [194] (see Tropaeas imperforata)

Melvill, J.C. 1911. A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 171-207, pls 4-6 [180] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROSTROPHA	28-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
03-Oct-2018		29-Sep-2011	MOVED
03-Oct-2018		07-Jan-2011	MOVED
		20-Sep-2010	MODIFIED