Species Opimaphora albogemmata Laseron, 1958

Museums

Regional Maps

• ?Triphoris triticea Pease, W.H. 1861. Descriptions of 47 new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 431-438 [433] [according to (Marshall, 1983, p. 78) synonym of Opimaphora albogemmata].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Hawaii.
• Triphoris crassula Martens, E.C. von 1880. Conchologische Mittheilungen. Cassel : E.C. von Martens 72 pp. [according to (Marshall, 1983 p.78) synonym of Opimaphora albogemmata].
• Opimaphora albogemmata Laseron, C. 1958. The Family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(4): 569-658, figs 1-255 [621, fig. 159-161].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.103103 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia [23°45'0"S, 152°16'1.2"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Mastonia triticea (Pease, 1861). —
  Chang, C-K & Wu, W-L 2005. The Taiwan Mollusks II - Triphoridae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from Lutao, Taitung. Taiwan : Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica pp. 1-116. [32, fig. 66]

 

Introduction

Chang & Wu 2005 have Mastonia triticea as a separate species, however they do not reference Marshall's (1983) synonymy with Opimaphora albogemmata

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Chang, C-K & Wu, W-L 2005. The Taiwan Mollusks II - Triphoridae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from Lutao, Taitung. Taiwan : Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica pp. 1-116. [32, fig. 66]

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. [150, fig 51 E]

Laseron, C. 1958. The Family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(4): 569-658, figs 1-255 [621]

Marshall, B.A. 1983. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 2: 119 pp., 3 figs, 30 pls [78]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRIPHOROIDEA	22-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED