Species Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Telescope Mud Creeper, Telescopic Creeper
- Trochus telescopium Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [760].
Type data:
Holotype Ambon. - Telescopium indicator Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [438] [
- Telescopium mauritsi Butot, L.J.M. 1954. On Telescopium telescopium (Linne) and the description of a new species from P. Panaitan (Prinsen Island), Straits of Sunda. Basteria 18(1-2): 1-13, 2 pls [7-12, pls 1, figs 3,4; 2, figs 2,3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA, Pulo Panaitan, Sunda Strait, Indonesia.
Generic Combinations
- Cerithium telescopium (Linné, 1792). —
Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [483] - Potamides (Telescopium) telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Martin, K. 1884. Mollusca, Glossophora, Gasteropoda. pp. 43-184 in . Palaeontologische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor and einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, First Series 3(2-3): 43-184, pls1-9 [145,328,348] - Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Martin, K. 1899. Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek und von anderen. I. Gastropoda. 1899-1906. Leiden : E.J.Brill 325 pp. [220, pl. 33, figs 509,509a]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [133, pl. 15; fig. 21]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Persian Gulf to Papua New Guinea
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Deposit feeding, intertidal flats, mangroves, marine, mud bottom.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. Family Potamididae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 13: 1-4 [1]
Houbrick, R.S. 1991. Systematic review and functional morphology of the mangrove snails Terebralia and Telescopium (Potamididae; Prosobranchia). Malacologia 33(1): 289-338 [291, 303]
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [375]
Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [97]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [133, pl. 15; fig. 21]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [87, pl. 17, fig. 8] (Telescopic Creeper)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [102] (Telescope Mud Creeper)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 13-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 13-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | POTAMIDIDAE | 27-Jan-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 07-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |