Species Aspidophoreas giganteus (Schepman, 1909)
- Xenophora gigantea Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 2. Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa. 109-231, pls 10-16 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Leiden : Brill Vol. 49. [204, pl. 13, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA 2532, Siboga Stn, Flores Sea, Indonesia, 521 m [38,7°35.4'S, 117°28.6'E].
Generic Combinations
- Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909). —
Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. 1999. Recent Xenophoridae. Hackenheim : ConchBooks 148 pp. [62-63, pl. 20, figs 17-17b] - Aspidophoreas gigantea (Schepman, 1909).
- Xenophora (Stellaria) gigantea (Schepman, 1909). —
Ponder, W.F. 1983. A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the world and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Memoirs of the Australian Museum 17: 1-126 [57, figs 29h-j, 40] - Tugurium (Trochotugurium) giganteum (Schepman, 1909). —
Kilburn, R.N. 1973. Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Mozambique, with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3): 557-578 [562, fig. 5 (radula)] (new combination) - Trochotugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909). —
Habe, T. 1953. Xenophoridae, Columbarridae and Caecidae in Japan. pp. 173-184 in Kuroda, T. (ed.). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Vol. 23. [177, figs 1-2] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 700 m
General References
Kilburn, R.N. 1973. Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Mozambique, with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3): 557-578 [562, fig. 5]
Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. 1999. Recent Xenophoridae. Hackenheim : ConchBooks 148 pp. [62, pl. 20, figs 17-17b]
Ponder, W.F. 1983. A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the world and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Memoirs of the Australian Museum 17: 1-126 [57, figs 29h-j, 40]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [169, pl. 23, figs 7a-b]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 09-Oct-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | XENOPHOROIDEA | 31-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 03-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |