Species Zemira australis (Sowerby, 1833)
Australian Zemira
- Eburna australis Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Eburna. pp. 1, figs 1-5 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd). [20, list no. 8, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW. - Eburnopsis aulacoessa Tate, R. 1889. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 116-174 [117, pl. 5, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA T520A. - Zemira praecursoria Tate, R. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 91-176 [163, pl. 11, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA T518.
Generic Combinations
- Zemira australis (Sowerby, 1833). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [136, pl. 29, figs 1a-b]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.
General References
Beechey, D. 2004. Zemira australis (Sowerby, 1833). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Pseudolividae/Pages/Zemira_australis.htm (date accessed 9/1/2012)
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 [49]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [202, fig. 241]
Ponder, W.F. & Darragh, T.A. 1975. The genus Zemira H. & A. Adams (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3(2): 89-109 [101-102, pl. 7, figs 1-2, pl. 8, figs 12-24, text figs 1a-f, 2]
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. [108, pl. 71, 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. [96] (Australian Zemira)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 09-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |