Species Rixa watsoni (Henn & Brazier, 1894)
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Glyphis watsoni Brazier, J.W. & Henn, A.U. 1894. Family Fissurellidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 19: 177-182 [177, pl. 14, fig. 15].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.2906 dry, deep rock pool, low water spring tide, Sydney, Port Jackson, Watsons Bay, Green Point, New South Wales, Australia [33°50'31.2'S, 151°16'30'E].
Generic Combinations
- Rixa watsoni (Henn & Brazier, 1894). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [59]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Wilson (1993) gives the range as NSW and Victoria, but Beechey (2005) restricts it to NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, subtidal.
General References
Beechey, D.L. 2005. Rixa watsoni Brazier, 1894. Seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Fissurellidae/Pages/Rixa_watsoni.htm
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [221]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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08-Nov-2011 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 08-Nov-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
24-Aug-2011 | 24-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |