WoRMS taxon details
Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
585728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:585728)
accepted
Species
Homalaxis rotulacatharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pseudomalaxis roddai Ladd, 1982 † · unaccepted
Pseudomalaxis thetidis Garrard, 1978 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Homalaxis rotulacatharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 12: 289-324, pls 20-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993047
page(s): 299, pl. 21, fig. 3; note: As Homalaxis rotula-catharinea [details]
page(s): 299, pl. 21, fig. 3; note: As Homalaxis rotula-catharinea [details]
Type locality contained in Omani part of the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Oman
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585728 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Homalaxis rotulacatharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 12: 289-324, pls 20-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993047
page(s): 299, pl. 21, fig. 3; note: As Homalaxis rotula-catharinea [details]
original description (of Pseudomalaxis thetidis Garrard, 1978) Garrard, T.A. (1978 ["1977"]). A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). <em>Records of the Australian Museum, 31(13): 506–584, pls. 1–12. [“Published 31 October 1978, not September 1977”; stated in editor's note on journal's website].</em> , available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17528/204_complete.pdf
page(s): 564, text-figs. 1a-b. [details]
original description (of Pseudomalaxis roddai Ladd, 1982 †) Ladd, H. S. (1982). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eulimidae and Volutidae through Terebridae). <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1171: i-iv, 1-100, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1171
page(s): 31 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg</i>. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF.</em> 30: 1-376.
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 299, pl. 21, fig. 3; note: As Homalaxis rotula-catharinea [details]
original description (of Pseudomalaxis thetidis Garrard, 1978) Garrard, T.A. (1978 ["1977"]). A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). <em>Records of the Australian Museum, 31(13): 506–584, pls. 1–12. [“Published 31 October 1978, not September 1977”; stated in editor's note on journal's website].</em> , available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17528/204_complete.pdf
page(s): 564, text-figs. 1a-b. [details]
original description (of Pseudomalaxis roddai Ladd, 1982 †) Ladd, H. S. (1982). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eulimidae and Volutidae through Terebridae). <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1171: i-iv, 1-100, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1171
page(s): 31 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg</i>. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF.</em> 30: 1-376.
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シカクウズマキグルマガイ | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Homalaxis rotulacatherinea. Melvill & Standen, 1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 12: 299-300 - catalog no. 164793) (from synonym Homalaxis rotulacatharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 193) Indonesia, Laut Jawa (Java Sea...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 193) Indonesia, Laut Jawa (Java Sea...
