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Species Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lacinate Dolphin Shell, Laciniated Dolphin Shell, The Beautiful Delphinula, The Black-Dyed Delphinula, The Engraved Delphinula, The Imperial Delphinula, The Knobbed Delphinula, The Prickly Delphinula


Compiler and date details

September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).

December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), 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

Coral reef, intertidal, marine.

 

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. [66, pl. 15, fig. 14] (Laciniated Dolphin Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [170] (Lacinate Dolphin Shell)

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [sp. 1] (as Delphinula imperialis) (The Beautiful Delphinula, The Black-Dyed Delphinula, The Engraved Delphinula, The Imperial Delphinula, The Knobbed Delphinula, The Prickly Delphinula)

 

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)
18-Aug-2021 TURBINIDAE 17-Sep-2014 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
20-Nov-2013 MODIFIED