Species Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
Orange-mouthed Top Shell, Paradox Trochus, Sarasa-dama
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Helix paradoxum Born, I. von 1778. Testacea musei Caesarei Vindobonensis quae jussu Mariae Theresia Augustae disposuit et descripsit. Vindobonae : J.P. Krauss 442 pp. [349, pl. 13, fig. 12].
- Turbo nicobaricus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [the only reference to this name being a synonym is Fischer (1875) {Kiener1875A}].
Generic Combinations
- Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [77, pl. 10, fig. 5a-b]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.324862)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Coral, intertidal, marine.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [172, fig. 495]
Crosse, H. 1866. Note complémentaire sur l'opercule du Chrysostoma nicobaricum. Journal de Conchyliologie 14: 116-117 [116]
Fischer, P. 1875. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. pp. 1-96 in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 11. [68 and pl. 36, fig. 5] (as Trochus nicobaricus)
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [12, pl. 4, fig. 26]
MacNeil, F.S. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 339: i-iv, 1-148, 19 pls [25]
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [31, pl. 1, fig. 18]
Schepman, M.M. 1908. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga-Expéditie Report 49a(1): pp. 1-108, 9 pls [41]
Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [92]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [64, fig. 10] (Orange-mouthed Top Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [172] (Paradox Trochus)
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [G359] (Higo et al, 1999, species number: G359) (Sarasa-dama)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2014 | TROCHIDAE | 23-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 18-Aug-2021 | 21-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 08-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |