MolluscaBase - Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916)

AphiaID

197046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197046)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antarctoneptunea Dell, 1972

Original name

Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916

Synonymised names

Fusitriton antarcticus A. W. B. Powell, 1958 · unaccepted

Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916) Hedley, C. (1916). Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Scientifc Reports, series C - Zoology and Botany. 4(1): 1-80, 3 text-figs, pls 1-9. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. North Terrace, Adelaide., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57464338
page(s): 55, pl. 8, figs 88-90 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Australian part of the Great Australian Bight

type locality contained in Australian part of the Great Australian Bight [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197046 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-03 15:46:48Z

created

db_admin

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

Licensing

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original description (of Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916) Hedley, C. (1916). Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Scientifc Reports, series C - Zoology and Botany. 4(1): 1-80, 3 text-figs, pls 1-9. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. North Terrace, Adelaide., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57464338
page(s): 55, pl. 8, figs 88-90 [details]

original description (of Fusitriton antarcticus A. W. B. Powell, 1958) Powell, A. W. B. (1958). Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. In: Reports B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany), 6(9): 167-215.
page(s): 191 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]

additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]