Species Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Venus Slit Shell
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.
- Scissurella cyprina Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. New species of South Australian Gastropoda. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6(2): 199-206 [199].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.9674, Venus Bay, South Australia, 55 fathoms.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
- Geiger, D.L. 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vol. 1 pp. 1-728. [Date published 30 October 2012] [185]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Geiger, D.L. 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vol. 1 pp. 1-728. [Date published 30 October 2012] [185] (as Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
Geiger, D.L. & Jansen, P. 2004. New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species. Zootaxa 714: 1-72 [14-20, figs 6-8, 9A-C]
Jansen, P. 1999. The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia 31(291): 47-55 [50-51, figs 19-21]
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [45] (Venus Slit Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2014 | SCISSURELLOIDEA | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |