Subspecies Lunella (Ninella) torquata whitleyi (Iredale, 1949)
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Ninella whitleyi Iredale, T. 1949. Western Australia molluscs. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1947-48: 18-20 [19].
- Turbo stamineus lamellosus Broderip, W.J. 1835. Description of a new cowry and other Testacea brought to England by the Rev. Archdeacon Scott. The Zoological Journal 5: 330-332 [331] (not Turbo lamellosus Brocchi, 1814) [junior homonym; as Turbo stamineus var. lamellosus; not Turbo lamellosus Brocchi, 1814].
Type data:
Status unknown, Novae Hollandiae oras occidentales, ad Insulum Buache [garden Island, Western Australia]. - Turbo torquatus Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [222, pl. 60, figs. 15, 18] [junior homonym; not Turbo torquatus Gmelin, 1791].
Type data:
Status unknown, "le port du Roi-Georges" [King George Sound], WA.
Generic Combinations
- Lunella (Ninella) torquatus whitleyi (Iredale, 1949).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ninella torquata (Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification]. —
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [79] - Ninella torquata whitleyi Iredale, 1949. —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [249]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
In crevices, infratidal fringe, low intertidal, marine, rocky shore.
General References
Beechey, D.L. 2004. Turbo (Ninella) torquatus Gmelin, 1791. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turbinidae/Pages/Turbo_torquatus.htm [Accessed 1 May 2012]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [81] (Ninella whitleyi Iredale, 1949)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TROCHOIDEA | 23-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| TURBINIDAE | 01-May-2012 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |