Species Reticunassa compacta (Angas, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nassa compacta Angas, G.F. 1865. Descriptions of four new species of marine shells from South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 154-155 [154].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.85, St. Vincent's Gulf, South Australia.
• Reticunassa compacta benthalis Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl. [Date published 1 May 1962] [189].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F 20838, Off Cape Everard, VIC, in 65 fathoms.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beechey, D.L. 2011. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd

 

Generic Combinations

• Arcularia compacta (Angas, 1865). —
  Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [317]
• Reticunassa compacta (Angas, 1865). —
  Galindo, L.A., Kool, H.H. & Dekker, H. 2017. Review of the Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) complex (Nassariidae): Part 3, reinstatement of the genus Reticunassa, with the description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 275: 1-43
• Reticunassa compacta (Angas, 1865). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [195]
• Nassarius compactus (Angas, 1865). —
  Kool, H.H. & Dekker, H. 2006. Review of the Narrarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54-65 [55]
• Nassarius (Hima) compactus (Angas, 1865). —
  Beechey, D.L. 2011. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) [treated as synonym of Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1950) by Wilson (1994)]. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [79]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [176] (As Nassarius pauperus)

Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl. [Date published 1 May 1962] [189]

Kool, H.H. & Dekker, H. 2006. Review of the Narrarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54-65 [55]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [79] (As Nassarius pauperus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	BUCCINOIDEA	06-Jun-2018	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)