Species Seilarex turritelliformis (Angas, 1877)

• Bittium turritelliformis Angas, G.F. 1877. Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 171-177, pl. 26, figs 26, 27 [174, pl. 26, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Cerithiopsis (Seila) multilirata Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1894. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong-Kong. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(4): 153-159, pl. 12 [154, pl. 12, fig. 7].
• Seila attenuata Hedley, C. 1900. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 87-100 [91, pl. 3, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.7850 dry, Sydney, Middle Harbour, Balmoral Beach, New South Wales, Australia [33°49'40.8"S, 151°15'0"E].
• Eucharilda pleurorbis Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [331, fig. 84].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.103226 dry, ocean beach, Sydney, Manly Beach, New South Wales, Australia [33°47'60"S, 151°16'58.8"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Seilarex turritelliformis (Angas, 1877). —
  Marshall, B.A. 1983. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 2: 119 pp., 3 figs, 30 pls [17-18, figs 9G-I, table 2]
• Cerithium turritelliformis (Angas, 1877). —
  Kobelt, W. 1898. Die Gattung Cerithium Lam. 201-297, pls 37-47 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1. [271, pl. 46, figs 10,11] (New combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Hong Kong distribution is doubtful (Marshall, 1983)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Bieler, R. 1995. Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). pp. 595-641 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 1-654 [633]

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 [86]

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 [46]

Marshall, B.A. 1983. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 2: 119 pp., 3 figs, 30 pls [17, figs 9G-I, table 2]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [264]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRIPHOROIDEA	16-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED