Species Vittina gagates (Lamarck, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neritina zigzag Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [185].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Eichhorst, T.E. 2016. Neritidae of the world. Harxheim : Conchbooks Vol. 1 pp. 695.

 

Generic Combinations

• Vittina gagates (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Eichhorst, T.E. 2016. Neritidae of the world. Harxheim : Conchbooks Vol. 1 pp. 695. [1088] (new combination)

 

Introduction

Status unknown.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific; Wilson (1993) states that, "the specimens illustrated here from a tidal creek near Darwin appear to establish the presence of the species in northern Australia although the locality needs confirmation.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.

Ladd, H.S. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; gastropods (Eulimidae and Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 1171: i-iv, pls 1-20

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	17-Jul-2023	ADDED