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Species Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Australian Red Triton, Red Whelk

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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]

 

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)
01-Jun-2021 TONNOIDEA 11-Jul-2012 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
08-Mar-2012 MODIFIED