OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Acmaeoidea Lottiidae 

Patelloida insignis (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella insignis Menke, 1843
   Acmaea crucis Tenison Woods, 1876

Common Name

Maltese Cross Limpet p.82, pl.83G      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

Tasmania and SA to about Geraldton, WA .

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania

Keywords

depth: lower intertidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: sheltered coast 
substrate: under stones 

References

 Christiaens, J. 1975. p.95 [as Collisella (Collisella?) crucis and Patelloida conoidea insignis]  New combination
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.235 [as Radiacmea insignis]  New combination
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.182 [pl. 12, figs 4-6 - SEM of radulae]  General reference
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.182 Synonomy
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.182 [pl. 6, figs 1-6, pl. 12, figs 4-6, as Patelloida insignis]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.33 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Nacellina
                  Acmaeoidea
                    Lottiidae
                      Patelloidinae
                        Patelloida Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
                          Patelloida insignis (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14956) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.