Species Tectisumen tasmanica (May, 1920)
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.
- Cocculinella tasmanica May, W.L. 1920. New species of Tasmanian Mollusca, with critical remarks on several described species, and additions to the list. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1919: 55-69 pls 14-17 [Date published 6 Mar 1920] [67, pl. 17, fig. 25].
Type data:
Status unknown, 40-70 fathoms along the East coast, Tasmania.
Generic Combinations
- Tectisumen tasmanica (May, 1920). —
Cotton, B.C. 1945. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 1. Streptoneura. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69(1): 150-171 [166]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [44]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 237 m
General References
Dell'Angelo, B., Sosso, M. & Bonfitto, A. 2011. First record of Cocculinella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Lower Pleistocene of Southern Italy with the description of two new species. Geodiversitas 33(4): 739-746 (state that Tectisumen tasmanica has been incorrectly placed in Cocculinella in some online lists)
Finlay, H.J. 1927. New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488-533 [494]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2014 | LEPETELLOIDEA | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 16-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED |