Species Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867

Museums

Regional Maps

• Truncatella scalarina Cox, J.C. 1867. Characters of four new species of Australian land shell. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 39-40 [40].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ, Port Lincoln, SA.
• Margarita tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [143].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bass Strait, TAS.
• Truncatella micra Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV, Brighton, VIC.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on detritus.

 

General References

Grove, S. 2011. Truncatellidae - Truncatellinae: Truncatella (Truncatella) scalarina (Cox, 1867). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania website. Sun Oct 02 10:01:35 Tasmania Daylight Time 2011. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Truncatella%20scalarina.html (date accessed 9/3/2012)

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 [43]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRUNCATELLOIDEA	14-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		07-Mar-2012	MODIFIED