Species Separatista separatista (Dillwyn, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Turbo separatista 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. [298, pl. 165, figs 1589-1590].
• Turbo helicoides Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3598, no. 109].
• Trichotropis blainvilleanus Petit de la Saussaye, M.S. 1851. Notice sur les G. Trichotropis Sow., et description de coquilles apparternant probablement à ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 17-25 [22, pl. 1, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, l'île Maurice.
• Trichotropis tricarinata Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 311-321 [312].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.171151 dry, white sandy mud bottom, Torres Strait, Burrar (Bet) Island, Queensland, Australia [10°8'34.8'S,142°49'1.2'E].
• Separatista fraterna Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [293].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.144464 dry, North Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'28.8'S,151°16'30'E].
• Trichotropis gabrieli Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1899. On some new species of Victorian mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 11(2): 179-184, pl. 20 [183, pl. 20, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NMV, Swan Bay Channel, off Phillip Island, Western Port, Victoria, 4 fathoms.
• Lippistes meridionalis Verco, J.C. 1906. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 205-224 [221, pl. 9, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA, 40 fathoms off Beachport, South Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lippistes gabrieli (Pritchard & Gatliffe, 1899).
• Separatista gabrieli (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899).
• Lippistes gabrieli (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [166, pl. 22, figs 1a-b]
• Lippistes helicoides (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [166, pl. 22, fig. 2]
• Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocky shore.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives on fan worms

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2007. Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Capulidae/Pages/Separatista_helicoides.htm (date accessed 23/01/2012)

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 [48]

Verco, J.C. 1906. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 205-224 [220]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [166, pl. 22, fig. 2]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	02-Sep-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	CAPULOIDEA	23-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Jan-2012	MODIFIED