Species Ficus eospila (Péron, 1807)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pyrula eospila Péron, F. 1807-1816. Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes [Historique]: exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris : L'Imprimière Impériale 2 vols, xv 496 pp. [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype Dupuch Is, Western Australia.
• Ficula tessellata Kobelt, W. 1874. Die Gattungen Pyrula und Fusus nebst Ficula, Bulbus, Tudicla, Busycon, Neptunea und Euthria. 1-32, pls 1-6 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 24 Vol. 3. [12, pl. 2, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ficus eospila (Péron, 1807). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [235, pl. 40, figs 1a-c]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, intertidal, marine, sand, sand flats.

Extra Ecological Information

Urchins

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [25, pl. 1, fig. 36] (type locality)

Poppe, G.T. & Verhaeghe, M. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The Family Ficidae. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 36 pp., 27 col pls. [14, pl. 16, figs 1-3, pls 19, 23]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [79, pl. 21, fig. 251]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [235, pl. 40, fig. 1a-c]

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. [72, pl. 49, figs 8, 8a] (as F. tessellata)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	FICOIDEA	30-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Jan-2012	MODIFIED