Species Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mitra obscura Hutton, F.W. (ed.) 1873. Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of species. Wellington : Government Printer 116 pp. [19].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
• Mitra pica Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 31, sp. 247] [junior homonym; not Mitra pica Deshayes & M. Edwards, 1844].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1967838, no locality given.
• Mitra albopicta Smith, E.A. 1898. On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 20-25 [21, text fig. 5 (smooth form)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZGS TM-919, Mokohinau Island, New Zealand.
• Mitra mortenseni Odhner, N.H. 1924. New Zealand Mollusca. (Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16 XIX). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 1-90 [34, pl. 1, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMC, North Cape, north coast, New Zealand.

 

Generic Combinations

• Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1873). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [160]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

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

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 60 m.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [127, pl. 16, figs 11-14]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [161, pl. 22, figs 24-25]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [215, fig. 256] (as Proximitra pica)

Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [66]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [160, text fig.]

 

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp. (Magpie Mitre)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CAENOGASTROPODA	25-Sep-2024	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	30-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED