Species Semicassis labiata (Perry, 1811)
Agate Helmet, Labiate Helmet, Lipped Bonnet
- Cassis achatina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [3].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG, Australia. - Cassidea labiata Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 34, fig. 1].
Type data:
Status unknown, "South Seas". - Xenogalea insperata Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [349, pl. 31, fig. 8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.53270 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S, 151°13'58.8"E]. - Xenogalea collectea Finlay, H.J. 1928. The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 232-286, pls 38-43 [246].
Type data:
Holotype AIM, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
Generic Combinations
- Xenogalea labiata (Perry, 1811). —
Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [347] (New combination) - Semicassis (Semicassis) labiata (Perry, 1811). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [233, pl. 37, figs 1a-b]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circum-southern Ocean
IMCRA
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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
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. [117, pl. 18, fig. 4] (Agate Helmet, Labiate Helmet)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [124, pl. 125] (Lipped Bonnet)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 06-Oct-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |