Species Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Siphonaria. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [sp.6, pl. 2, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 197927, TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
  Paratype(s) BMNH 197927 3 specimens.
• Siphonaria blainvillei Hanley, S. 1858. On Siphonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 151-153 [153].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.10.28.90, locality unknown.
• Siphonaria virgulata Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [751] [pl.85, figs. 96,98].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C39858, Gosford, NSW (in OD - Terrigal, Sydney & Twofold Bay, NSW).
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1915.12.31.104-106 3 specimens; AM C337311 20 specimens, Long Reef, Syndey or Terrigal, NSW.
• Siphonaria oblivirgulata Hubendick, B. 1943. Beschreibung neuer Arten innerhalb der Gattung Siphonaria. Arkiv för Zoologi 35: 1-7 [4, figs. 4, 6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHRM not located, Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jenkins, B.W. 1981. Siphonaria funiculata Reeve (Siphonariidae, Pulmonata): a redescription making S. virgulata Hedley a geographical variant of S. funiculata. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 1-15 [2]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Burnett Heads, QLD (24°46'S), to Apollo Bay, VIC (143°40'E), including TAS.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef.

 

General References

Creese, R.G. 1980. Reproductive cycles and fecundities of two species of Siphonaria (Mollusca, Pulmonata) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 37-47 (as Siphonaria virgulata)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2020	Siphonaria Sowerby, 1824	29-May-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)