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Species Emarginula (Emarginula) bajula Hedley, 1913

Choice Notch Limpet, Delicate Slit-Limpet, The Beloved Emarginula


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.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

  • Emarginula dilecta Australian authors [not A. Adams, 1852].

 

Introduction

This species has been known in Australian literature as Emarginula dilecta, but Macpherson (1966) has shown that this is not an Australian species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, under stones.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Jan-2015 FISSURELLOIDEA 02-Jan-2015 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
17-Aug-2011 MODIFIED