Species Scutus (Scutus) antipodes Montfort, 1810

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scutus antipodes Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [59, pl. 15].
• Patell ambigua Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [1053] (Not Patella ambigua Gmelin, 1791) [junior homonym].
• Parmophora elongatus Blainville, M.H. de 1817. Sur la Patelle allongée de Chemnitz. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 1817: 25-28 [25] [junior homonym; not Parmophorus elongatus Lamarck, 1801].
• Patella anatinus Donavan, E. in Rees, A. (ed.) 1820. Encyclopedia of Conchology. Vol. 2. [pl. 16].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, south Western Australia.
• Parmophorus australis Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [321, pl. 69, figs. 1-4] [junior homonym; not Parmophorus australis Lamarck, 1822].
• Parmophora convexus Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [322, pl. 69, figs. 5-16].
• Parmophorus tumidus Adams, A. 1853. A monograph of Scutus, a genus of gasteropodous Mullusca belonging to the family Fissurellidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851: 221-222 [222].
• Scutus astrolabeus Hedley, C. 1916. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 13. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 680-719 [704] [replacement name].
• Aviscutum veitchi Cotton, B.C. 1953. New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 21-26, 2 pls [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14428, Point Sinclair, South Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hedley, C. 1917. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 680–719 [704]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Scutus (Scutus) antipodes Montfort, 1810. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [59, pl. 6, fig. 29]
• Scutus astrolabensis. —
  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. [52]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal, under stones.

 

General 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. [55, fig. 19]

Hedley, C. 1917. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 680–719 [704-706, pl. 47, figs 7-9]

Hogg, J. 1868. The lingual membrane of Mollusca and its use in classification. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, London New Series 16: 93-104 [pl. 16, fig. 67]

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 [30]

Waters, J.M., McCulloch, G.A., Eason, J.A. 2007. Marine biogeographical structure in two highly dispersive gastropods: implications for trans-Tasman dispersal. Journal of Biogeography 34: 678-687 [678-687]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [59, pl. 6, fig. 29]

 

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. [52] (Duck's Bill Or Shield Shell)

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [55] (as Aviscutum veitchi) (Veitch Sheild Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [88, pl. 89E] (Boat Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jan-2015	FISSURELLOIDEA	22-Nov-2017	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
		17-Aug-2011	MODIFIED