Species Tectonatica shorehami (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)
Elkington Sand Snail, Shoreham Sand Shell
- 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
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1954. Familiy Naticidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 5: 5 pp. [fig. 4] (Elkington Sand Snail, Shoreham Sand Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | NATICIDAE | 25-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 25-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |