Species Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Australian Red Triton, Red Whelk
- Tritonium opis Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [125].
Type data:
Neotype GMNH, Palermo, Sicily. - Septa rubicunda Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 14, fig. 4].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW. - Triton nodiferum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [179].
Type data:
Lectotype. - Tritonium mediterraneum Risso, A. 1826. Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G.Levrault Vol. 4 iv, 439 pp., 12 pls. [Date published November 1826] [203].
- Triton sauliae 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. 5, figs 17a, b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines. - Tritonium partschii Hoernes, M. 1849. Verzeichniss der Fossil-Reste aus 135 Fundorten des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. Wien 43 pp. [18] [nomen nudum].
- Tritonarium solitarium Beyrich, H.E. 1856. Die Conchylien des norddeutschen Tertiärgebirges. Parts 4 & 5. Berlin : Hertz pp. 177-296, pls 16-25. [181, pl. 12, figs 1a, b].
- Tritonium nodiferum glabra Weinkauff, H.C. 1868. Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. Band II. Mollusca cephala. Cassel : Theodore Fischer 512 pp. [75] [as Tritonium nodiferum var. glabra Weinkauff, 1868].
- Triton pliniae Bellardi, L. 1873. Part 1: Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda, Gasteropoda (Muricidae e Tritonidae). 33-294, 15 pls in Bellardi, L. & Sacco, F. (eds). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Torino : Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino Vol. 27. [209, pl. 14, fig. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cassinelle, near Acqui, northern Italy. - Triton (Semiranella) gemmellari Gregorio, A. de 1880. Fauna di S. Giovanni Ilarione (Parisiano). Parte 1, Cefalopodi e Gasteropodi, fasc. 1. Palermo : P. Montaine xxviii, 106 pp., 7 pls, map. [99, pl. 4, fig.].
- Triton gyrinoides inflectilabrum Gregorio, A. de 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 36-288 [99] [as Triton gyrinoides forma inflectilabrum de Gregorio, 1884].
- Triton gyrinoides labropolitum Gregorio, A. de 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 36-288 [99] [as Triton gyrinoides forma labropolitum de Gregorio, 1884].
- Triton gyrinoides imperans Gregorio, A. de 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 36-288 [99] [as Triton gyrinoides forma imperans de Gregorio, 1884].
- Triton gyrinoides ficarazzense Gregorio, A. de 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 36-288 [99] [as Triton gyrinoides forma ficarazzense de Gregorio, 1884].
- Triton gyrinoides singillum Gregorio, A. de 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 36-288 [99] [as Triton gyrinoides forma singillum de Gregorio, 1884].
- Triton gyrinoides propeficarazzense Gregorio, A. de 1885. Continuazione degli studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili, pubblicati nel vol 10. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 11: 27-203 [129] [as Triton gyrinoides forma propeficarazzense de Gregorio, 1885].
- Tritonium pustulata minor Euthyme (Le Frère) 1889. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de la fauna marine exotique. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 6: 259-282 [273, pl. 6, figs 3, 4] [as Tritonium pustulata var. minor Euthyme, 1889].
- Tritonium pustulata varicosa Euthyme (Le Frère) 1889. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de la fauna marine exotique. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 6: 259-282 [273, pl. 6, figs 3, 4] [as Tritonium pustulata var. varicosa Euthyme, 1889].
- Triton gyrinoides normalis Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma normalis de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides flabellatum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma flabellatum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides intermedium Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma intermedium de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides transeuns Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma transeuns de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides scalaratum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma scalaratum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides cochleosocium Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma cochleosocium de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides conodentatum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma conodentatum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides bicanaliculatum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma bicanaliculatum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides verrucosum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma verrucosum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides minus-verrucosum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma minus-verrucosum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides callosum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma callosum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides diramatum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma diramatum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides carinatum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma carinatum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides latespiratum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma latespiratum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides naniusculum Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma naniusculum de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides pellegrinense Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma pellegrinense de Gregorio, 1893].
- Triton gyrinoides subnormalis Gregorio, A. de 1893. Iconografia conchiologia Meditteranea vivente e Terziaria. III fascicolo. Muricidae Parte 1. (Tritoninae Parte 1). Illustrazione de Triton Gyrinoides (Brocc.) de Greg. (=nodiferum Lamk.). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 2: 1-20, pls 1-5 [11-18, pls 1-5] [as Triton gyrinoides forma subnormalis de Gregorio, 1893].
- Tritonium (Semiranella) valrovinensis Gregorio, A. de 1894. Description des faunes tertaires de la Vénétie. Fossiles des environs de Bassano surtout du Tertiaire inférieur de l'horizon à Conus diversiformes Desh. et Serpula spirulaea Lamk. (recueillis par M. Andrea Balestra). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 13: 1-40, pls 1-5 [30, pl. 5, fig. 117].
- Simpulum noderiferum major Pallary, P 1900. Coquilles marines du littoral du Département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie 48: 211-422, pls 6-8 [293] [as Simpulum noderiferum var. major Pallary, 1900].
- Simpulum noderiferum minima Pallary, P 1900. Coquilles marines du littoral du Département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie 48: 211-422, pls 6-8 [293] [as Simpulum noderiferum var. minima Pallary, 1900].
- Septa englishi Newton, R.B. 1905. On two new Miocene gastropods from Roumania. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 340-345, text fig. [341, text fig.].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH G.17371, Bustenari, Roumania (fossil). - Charonia lampas euclia Hedley, C. 1914. Report on the mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour chiefly off Cape Wiles, South Australia. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 2: 65-74 [65, pl. 8, fig. 1] [as Charonia lampas var. euclia Hedley, 1914].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.70728, Great Australian Bight, South Western Australia. - Nyctilochus alfredensis Bartsch, P. 1915. Report on the Turton collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin 91: 1-305, pls 1-54 [94, pl. 4, fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 186785, Port Alfred, South Africa. - Eutritonium salbriacense Cossmann, M. & Peyrot, A. 1924. Conchologie Néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Tome 4 (Gastropodes). Livraison II. fs17. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 74: 323-610 [286, pl. 16, figs 3, 4].
- Eutritonium (Sassia) aperturale Cossmann, M. & Peyrot, A. 1924. Conchologie Néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Tome 4 (Gastropodes). Livraison II. fs17. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 74: 323-610 [286, pl. 17, figs 10, 11, 16].
- Charonia capax euclioides Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [398, pl. 20, fig. 68].
Type data:
Holotype off Otago, eastern South Island, New Zealand. - Charonia capax Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [397, pl. 20, fig. 67].
Type data:
Holotype off Otago, eastern South Island, New Zealand. - Charonia euclia instructa Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [172, pl. 41, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype AM C57726 dry, off Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia [36°10'1.2"S, 150°13'58.8"E]. - Charonia powelli Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130 [120, pl. 6, lower fig.].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D14517, Ellenbrook Beach, southern Western Australia. - Charonia sauliae macilenta Habe, T. (ed.) 1961. Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl. [46, pl. 23, fig. 10; appendix p. 17].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT 49895, off Cape Ashizuri, Shikoku, Japan. - Tritonium (Charonia) nodiferum elongatus Settepassi, F. 1970. Atlante malacologico. Molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo. Roma : Museu di Zoologia del Commune di Roma 4+132 pp. [2, pls 1-3; pl. 4, fig. 13; pl. 4a, figs 15, 16; pl. 4b, fig. 17] [as Tritonium (Charonia) nodiferum var.elongatus Settepassi, 1970].
- Charonia mirabilis Parenzan, P. 1970. Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo. Gasteropodi. Taranto : Bios Taras Vol. 1 283 pp. [156, fig. 3, pl. 32, fig. 615].
- Charonia lampas weisbordi Gibson-Smith, J. 1976. A new taxon in the genus Charonia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Pliocene of Venezuala, and its implications. Boletin, Asociaciön Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo 19: 1-15 [3, pl. 1, figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype 29700, Mare Formation, Cabo Blanco, Venezuela (fossil).
Generic Combinations
- Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [243, pl. 41, figs 15a-b] - Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811). —
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]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, marine, rock reef, rocks, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 500 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2000. Charonia lampas rubicunda (Perry, 1811). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ranellidae/Pages/Charonia_lampas_rubicunda.htm (date accessed 11/7/2012)
Beu, A.G. 1970. The mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences 16 11: 205-223, pls 1-5 [211, pl. 2, figs 6, 9]
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 [69, figs 20b, d-g, 21]
Beu, A.G. 1999. Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae of Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan. The Yuriyagai 7(1): 1-91 [8, figs 8-20]
Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [45, pl. 8, fig. 1]
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]
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. [148, pl. 23, fig. 346]
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. 9, fig. 30]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [243, pl. 41, figs 15a, b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [54, pl. 138] (Red Whelk)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [126, pl. 127] (Australian Red Triton)
History of changes
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01-Jun-2021 | TONNOIDEA | 11-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |