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Species Glyphepithema alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)

Butterfly-wing Sand Shell

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Coverage of Naticidae; species not illustrated. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Naticidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 17/7/2012)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [184, fig. 32]

Hollmann, M. 2008. Naticidae. pp. 482-500 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 1. Gastropoda Part 1. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 3 pp.1-758, pls 1-312. [488, pl. 189, figs 1, 3, 4]

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 [57]

Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35 [33]

Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884 [843-844]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [91, pl. 11, fig. 12]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [217, pl. 36, fig. 31]

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. [64, pl. 45, figs 9-9a]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 NATICIDAE 26-Jul-2012 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
17-Feb-2012 MODIFIED