Species Sayella abjecta (Hedley, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Odostomia abjecta Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [444, pl. 41, fig. 62].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.27282, QLD, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon & between Cairns Reef & Hope Is [15°42'S, 145°30'E].
• Odostomia leopardis Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [308, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105383, NSW, Sydney Harbour, Rose Bay, Woollahra Point [33°51'47"S, 151°15'24"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hori, S. 1998. Australian Museum collection header label. Unpublished manuscript.

 

Generic Combinations

• Sayella abjecta (Hedley, 1909). —
  Hori, S. 2011. Valid names and classification of Australian Pyramidellidae (revised by S. Hori in 2-6 May 2011). Australian Museum Malacology Library, Family Pyramidellidae. Unpublished manuscript. 5 pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

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 [84, sp. 1752] (as Odostomia leopardis)

Laseron, C. 1959. The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10: 177-267, figs 1-213 [204, figs. 60, 61, 62] (as Odostomia abjecta)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		31-Mar-2011	ADDED