Species Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Natica peselephanti Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [140].
• Natica alba Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [482].
• Mamillaria lactea Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [345].
• Natica columnaris Récluz, C.A. 1850. Description de Natices nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 4 1: 379-402 [394].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1845.6.24.7-8, Manila, Philippines.

 

Generic Combinations

• Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [221, pl. 36, fig. 33]
• Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208 [203]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [209-210, fig. 73E-F]

Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884 [857-859]

Streitz, M. 1992. Moon Shells of Thailand. Part 2. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 60: 12-25 [21]

Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [188]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [221, pl. 36, fig. 33]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	NATICIDAE	26-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		23-Jul-2012	MOVED
		17-Feb-2012	MODIFIED