Species Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, K.H. 1960. New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology 12 24: 438-442 [440, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAM A9714, South Africa.
• Thalassocyon tui Dell, R.K. 1967. Some Mollusca from deep water to the north of New Zealand collected by the Tui. Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 25 5: 305-315 [309, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype DM M.21299, New Zealand.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Central and East Indian Ocean, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, South Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, continental slope, marine, mud-silt.

Extra Ecological Information

570-2000 m; mud or ooze substrate.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ficidae/Pages/Thalassocyon_bonus.htm (date accessed 30/01/2012)

Dell, R.K. 1967. Some Mollusca from deep water to the north of New Zealand collected by the Tui. Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 25 5: 305-315 [309, figs 1, 2]

Poppe, G.T. & Verhaeghe, M. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The Family Ficidae. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 36 pp., 27 col pls. [22, pl. 18]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [236]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	FICOIDEA	30-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Jan-2012	MODIFIED