Species Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
Atkinson Slit Shell
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Scissurella atkinsoni Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [149].
Type data:
Syntype(s) TMAG E222A/7563A (TM5571) Three shells, one damaged, Blackman's Bay, Tasmania, 6-10 fathoms. - Schismope tasmanica Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102-105 [104].
Type data:
Status unknown, Blackmans Bay, Tasmania. - Schismope carinata Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [119, pl. 8, fig. 6] [junior homonym of Schismope carinata Adams, 1862].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Jackson, New South Wales.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Geiger, D.L. 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vol. 1 pp. 1-728. [Date published 30 October 2012] [600]
Generic Combinations
- Schismope atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. Census, with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 26-57 [43]
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 [30] - Sinezona atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [46] - Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Bandel, K. 1998. Scissurellidae als Modell für die Variationsbreite einer natürlichen Einheit der Schlitzbandschnecken (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg 81: 1-120 [53-54, pl. 18, figs. 5-8]
Geiger, D.L. & Jansen, P. 2004. New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species. Zootaxa 714: 1-72 [46-55, figs 25-27, 32A]
Geiger, D.L. 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vol. 1 pp. 1-728. [Date published 30 October 2012] [600]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australia, more common in temperate waters
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Geiger, D.L. 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vol. 1 pp. 1-728. [Date published 30 October 2012] [606]
Ecological Descriptors
Algae, continental shelf, marine, under stones.
General References
Jansen, P. 1999. The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia 31(291): 47-55 [53-54, figs 43-45]
Vafiadis, P. 2010. The living morphology of the marine snails Incisura remota (Iredale, 1924) and Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1877) (Vetigastropoda: Scissurellidae). The Victorian Naturalist 127(6): 255-265 [260-265, figs 4-9]
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [116] (Atkinson Slit Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2014 | SCISSURELLOIDEA | 23-Jul-2014 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |