Species Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Triton aquatilis Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 7, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1967626, Philippine Islands.
• ?Triton aquatile occidentale Mörch, O.A.L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimus insularum danicarum (contin). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 14-66 [19] [nomen nudum].
• Cymatium cruzana Nowell-Usticke, G.W. 1959. A checklist of the marine shells of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, with random notations. Christiansted, St. Croix : G.W. Nowell-Usticke 90 pp. [60] [as ?Cymatium var. cruzana Nowell-Usticke, 1959].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cymatium (Monoplex) aquatile (Reeve, 1844). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [245, pl. 41, fig. 2]
• Cymatium aquatile (Reeve, 1844). —
  Hirase, S. 1936. A collection of Japanese shells with illustrations in natural colours. Tokyo : Matsumura Sanshodo 1-231, pls 1-129. [66, pl. 95, fig. 6]
• Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844). —
  Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [93, fig. 5E]
• Lampusia aquatilis (Reeve, 1844). —
  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 [54]
• Triton aquatile occidentale (Mörch, 1877). —
  Mörch, O.A.L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimus insularum danicarum (contin). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 14-66 [19] (as Triton aquatile occidentale Mörch, 1877)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Triton aquatile occidentale Mörch, 1877. —
  Mörch, O.A.L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimus insularum danicarum (contin). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 14-66 [19] (as ?Triton aquatile occidentale Mörch, 1877)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumtropical

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, marine, subtidal.

 

General 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. [114, pl. 19, fig. 1]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [85, fig. 34a]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [93, fig. 5E]

Beu, A.G. & Kay, A.E. 1988. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt IV. The Cymatium pileare complex. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18(2): 185-223 [197, figs 1, 12-16, 21-32]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [61, pl. 14, fig. 5]

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 [54]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [220, figs 76E, 77A]

Kesteven, H.L. 1902. Notes on Prosobranchiata. No. i- Lotorium. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(3): 443-483 [460, pl. 17, fig. 13]

Ladd, H.S. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 533: iv 84 pp., pls 1-23 [34, pl. 11, figs 5-7]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 7, fig. 24]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [245, pl. 41, fig. 2]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [245]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 7, fig. 24] (The Rippled Triton)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	12-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED