Species Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trochus pulcherrimus Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8. [t. 6, fig. 45].
• Trochus preisii Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, West coast of Western Australia (western coast).
• Trochus puella Philippi, R.A. 1855. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 249-372 [327, pl. 46, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Thalotia mariae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.153566, Hobsons Bay, Pt. Philip Heads, Victoria.

 

Generic Combinations

• Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [121, fig. 60]
• Cantharidus pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [80]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Lower intertidal, marine, on algae, rock platforms, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

Seaweed

 

General References

Brazier, J. 1887. Trochidae and other genera of South Australia, with their synonyms. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 116-125 [118]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [121, fig. 60]

Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [210]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [63, fig. 85]

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. [36]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [130]

 

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [121] (Crimson Lip Weed Shell)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [63] (Beautiful Cantharidus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Aug-2014	TROCHIDAE	23-Sep-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
18-Aug-2021		20-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2021		13-Sep-2011	MOVED
18-Aug-2021		13-Sep-2011	MOVED
		09-Sep-2011	MODIFIED