Species Volutoconus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
Bednall's Volute
- Voluta bednalli Brazier, J. 1878. Descriptions of seven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 77-81 [Dec. 1878] [81, pl. 8, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D14514, Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 2013. Revision of the genus Volutoconus Crosse 1871 (GASTROPODA: VOLUTIDAE). Visaya 4(1): 25-75 [33-35, pl. 10-12, Text Fig. 2]
Generic Combinations
- Cymbiola (Volutoconus) bednalli (Brazier, 1878). —
Abbott, R.T. 1958. Notes on the anatomy of the Australian Volutes, bednalli and grossi. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2: 2-7, pl. 1, text figs 1-3 [2-3, pl. 1, fig. 3] - Aulica bednalli (Brazier, 1878). —
Angas, G.F. 1880. Descriptions of three species of marine shells from Port Darwin, Torres Straits discovered by Mr W.T. Bednall; and of a new Helix from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 418-420 [1 Oct. 1880] [418, pl. 40, fig. 1]
Smith, M. 1942. A review of the Volutidae. Winter Park, Florida : Tropical Photographic Laboratory pp.1-127, pls 1-26, figs 1-185. [35, pl. 14, fig. 98] (New combination) - Volutoconus bednalli (Brazier, 1878). —
Cotton, B.C. 1949. Australian Recent and Tertairy Mollusca, Family Volutidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(2): 181-196 [189]
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375. [135, pl. 61A, 61B]
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [58, pl. 29, fig. 7]
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [212, pl. 106, figs 4-7]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [117, pl. 21, 1A-B]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia; North Kimberley, Western Australia to Torres Strait, Queensland.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 90 m, 100 m. Most of the specimens are trawled between 100 and 50 m on sandy substrate
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. [166] (Bednall's Volute)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |