Species Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
France's Warp Shell, Reticulate Triton
- Murex reticularis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [749 (in pars)] [based on Buonanni pl. 193 (=Ranella olearia (L., 1758)) and Gualtieri pl. 49, fig. M (= Gyrinium natator (Röding, 1798)].
Type data:
Lectotype LS, Indonesia. - Distorsio reticulata 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] [133, sp.1674] [based on Martini & Chemnitz Syst. Conch. Cab. 2, pl. 41, figs 405, 406].
Type data:
Neotype LS, Ambon Island, Indonesia. - Murex cancellinus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1803. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2: 217-227 [225] [refers among others to Martini & Chemnitz Syst. Conch. Cab. 2, pl. 41, figs 405, 406].
- Distorta acuta 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. 10, fig. 1].
Type data:
Neotype LS, Ambon Island, Indonesia. - Murex mulus Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [704] [refers (among others) to Martini & Chemnitz, pl. 41, figs 405, 406].
Type data:
Lectotype NMGC NMW.1928.82.15, locality unknown. - Triton clathratum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [p. 186, sp. 22 sect. Triton 9 in pars].
- Triton decipiens Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp 102 (text), pl. 20, fig. 102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Mindanao Island, Philippines. - Nassa lamonganana Martin, K. 1884. Mollusca, Glossophora, Gasteropoda. pp. 43-184 in . Palaeontologische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor and einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, First Series 3(2-3): 43-184, pls1-9 [125, pl. 7, fig. 128] [as Nassa (?) lamonganana Martin, 1884].
- Persona metableta Cossmann, M. 1903. Faune Pliocénique de Karikal (Inde Française). Journal de Conchyliologie 51: 105-173, pls 3-6 [159, pl. 6, figs 4, 5].
Type data:
Status unknown, India. - Distorsio francesae Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [213, pl. 23, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57795 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S, 151°13'58.8"E]. - Persona (Distorsio) reticulata kueneni Koperberg, E.J. 1931. Jungtertiäre und Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen in Nederlandsch-Indië, Verhandlingen 1930(1): 1-165, pls1-3 [118].
Type data:
Status unknown, Timor.
Generic Combinations
- Distortrix cancellina (Lamarck, 1803). —
Bayer, C. 1933. Catalogue of the Cymatiidae in the Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 33-59 [54] - Triton cancellinus (Lamarck, 1803). —
Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp.45 (text), pl. 12, fig. 45] - Distorsio cancellinus (Lamarck, 1803). —
Tryon, G.W. 1880-1881. Tritonidae, Fusidae and Buccinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 3 310 pp. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-24, Dec. 31, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 26-52, Mar. 28, 1881; pp. 129-192, pls 53-79, Jun. 6, 1881; pp. 193-310, pls 80-87, Oct. 3, 1881] [35, pl. 17, fig. 175] - Distorsio decipiens (Reeve, 1844). —
Pilsbry, H.A. 1922. Revision of W.M. Gabb's Tertiary Mollusca of Santo Domingo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 73: 305-435, pls 16-47 [358] - Distorsio (Distorsio) reticulata decipiens (Reeve, 1844). —
Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250 [89, pl. 7, figs 9, 10] - Distortrix cancellina decipiens (Reeve, 1844). —
Bayer, C. 1933. Catalogue of the Cymatiidae in the Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 33-59 [54] (as Distortrix cancellina var. decipiens (Reeve, 1844); new combination) - Distorsio (Distorsio) decipiens (Reeve, 1844). —
Beu, A.G. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1986. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 1. Adoption of Ranellidae and review of Linatella Gray, 1857. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 241-266 [62] - Distorsio (Rhysema) decipiens (Reeve, 1844). —
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [74, pl. 23, fig. 2] - Distortrix cancellina francesae (Iredale, 1931). —
Bayer, C. 1933. Catalogue of the Cymatiidae in the Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 33-59 [54] (as Distortrix cancellina var. francesae (Iredale, 1931)) - Tritonium (Persona) reticulare (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Martens, E.C. von 1880. Mollusken. pp. 181-346 in Mobius, K. (ed.). Beitrage zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin : Otto Enslin 352 pp. [276] - Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Parth, M. 1989. Brief notes on the genus Distorsio Röding, 1798 and description of a new species (Gastropoda: Ranellidae). La Conchiglia 22(238-241): 52-57 [text fig. on left, 54] - Distorsio (Distorsio) reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Beu, A.G. 1987. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt 2. Descriptions of 14 new Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 273-355 [314, figs 151, 152] - Distorsio (Distorsio) reticularis reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250 [90, pl. 4, fig. 8] - Persona reticulata (Röding, 1798). —
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. [145] - Distorsio (Rhysema) reticulata (Röding, 1798). —
Kuroda, T., Habe T. & Oyama, K. 1971. The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Maruzen xix, 741 pp. (Japanese text). [128, pl. 28, fig. 3] - Distorsio reticulatus (Röding, 1798). —
Smith, M. 1948. Triton, Helmet and Harp Shells. Winter Park, Florida : Tropical Photographic Laboratory Vols. I-V 57 pp. [23, pl. 8, fig. 10] - Distortrix cancellina ridens (Reeve, 1844). —
Bayer, C. 1933. Catalogue of the Cymatiidae in the Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 33-59 [54] (as Distortrix cancellina var. ridens (Reeve, 1844))
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Distortio cancellinus sic. —
Yokoyama, M. 1928. Mollusca from the oil-field of the island of Taiwan. Imperial Geological Survey of Japan Report. 1-112, pls 1-18 [44, pl. 3, fig. 8] - Distorsio (Rhysema) perdistorta auct. —
Springsteen, F. J. 1981. The genus Distorsio Röding, 1798 in the Philippines. Carfel Philippine Shell News 3(4): 1-10 [8 (in pars)] - Distorsio (Rhysema) ridens auct. —
Springsteen, F. J. 1981. The genus Distorsio Röding, 1798 in the Philippines. Carfel Philippine Shell News 3(4): 1-10 [8, text, fig. 8 right]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, marine, mud-silt, rocks, sand, subtidal.
General References
Beechey, D. 2004. Distorsio reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Personidae/Pages/Distorsio_reticulata.htm (date accessed 10/7/2012)
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 [196, figs 58l, 63f-k, 64a-g]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. The Bursidae, Cymatiidae and Colubrariidae of Fiji. Veliger 9(3): 310-329 [324, pl. 45, fig. 24] (as D. reticulata)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [269, fig. 737]
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [12, fig. 2]
Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38 [344, pl. 38, fig. 2]
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]
Kronenberg, G.C. 1994. A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of Distorsio ventricosa spec. nov. Vita Marina 42(3): 57-103 [90]
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 [23, pl. 11, fig. 14]
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [68, pl. 7, fig. 13]
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [12, fig. 168]
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [82, fig. 261]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [239, pl. 40, figs 22a-b]
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. [78, pl. 53, figs 8, 8a]
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. [115] (France's Warp Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [269, pl. 737] (Reticulate Triton)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 06-Oct-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | TONNOIDEA | 10-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |