• Tectonatica Sacco, F, 1890. Catalogo Paleontologico del Bacino Terziario del Peimonte. Bollettino della Società Geologico Italiana 9: 185-330 [312] [Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 5(86): 33; not available (nom. nud.) from Sacco, 1890 [5 February]].

  Type species:

   Natica tectula Sacco, 1890 by monotypy ([ex Borson MS]).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, 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 Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218] (as subgenus of Natica)

History of changes

• Natica bougei Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1908. Descriptions of eight new species of marine mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 8: 16-19, pl. 11 [17, pl. 1, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Caledonia.

Generic Combinations

• Tectonatica bougei (Sowerby, 1908). —
  Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]
• Natica (Tectonatica) bougei Sowerby, 1908. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218, text fig.]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, sand.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [188-189]

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [207]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218, text fig.]

History of changes

• Natica robillardi Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1894. Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4 [43, pl. 4, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mauritius.
• Natica ren Preston, H.B. 1914. Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Island, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 13-18 [Date published 30 Mar. 1914] [14].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Montebello Islands, Western Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby, 1894). —
  Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]
• Natica (Tectonatica) robillardi Sowerby, 1894. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218, pl. 36, fig. 27]

Distribution

States

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

Marine.

General References

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218, pl. 36, fig. 27]

History of changes

• Natica shorehami Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. On some new species of Victorian mollusca, No 4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13(1): 131-138, pls 20-21 [131, pl. 20, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV, Schnapper Point and Portsea, Port Phillip; Shoreham and Sam Remo, Western Port, Victoria.
• Natica elkingtoni Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [119, pl. 23, fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.28997 dry, off Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia [43°13'1.2"S, 148°4'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Natica (Tectonatica) shorehami Prichard & Gatliff, 1900. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218]
• Tectonatica shorehami (Prichard & Gatliff, 1900). —
  Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]
• Cochlis shorehami (Prichard & Gatliff, 1900). —
  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 [57]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Natica shorehami Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Natica_shorehami.htm (date accessed 23/7/2012)

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [254]

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 [57]

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Loch, I. 1991. Tanea elkingtoni. Australian Shell News 74: 3

May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [66]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [218]

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1954. Familiy Naticidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 5: 5 pp. [fig. 19] (Elkington Sand Snail, Shoreham Sand Shell)

History of changes

• Natica suffusa Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 19, fig. 129].
• Natica labro-tincta Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1900. Descriptions of new species of marine mollusca collected by the late Otto Koch at the island of Cebu, Philippines. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 4(3): 126-129, pl. 11, figs 1-12 [127, pl. 11, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Cebu, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Tectonatica suffusa (Reeve, 1855). —
  Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]
• Natica (Natica) suffusa Reeve, 1855. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [217, pl. 36, figs 16a-b]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [217, pl. 36, figs 16a, b]

History of changes

• Natica violacea Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [11].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, East Indies.
• Nerita glabra Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8. [26, pl. 8, fig. 14].
• Natica rhodostoma Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27-120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [16, pl. 1, fig. 7].

Generic Combinations

• Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825). —
  Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]
• Natica (Natica) violacea (Sowerby, 1825). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [219]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [189-190, fig. 44]

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884 [852]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [219]

History of changes

• Natica zonulata Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [581, fig. 52].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 67515, Sharks [Shark] Bay, Western Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Tectonatica zonulata (Thiele, 1925).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [219]

History of changes