Limpus A (7 results)

Soft cover. photographs, 4to, paperbound 0.0.

New taxa: Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra moretonensis n. ssp., Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra frazerensis n. ssp., Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra subelongata n. ssp., Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra coucomorum n. ssp., Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) excelsior n. sp. 80 pp. , approx. 266 color figs, br. 4.

The group of Australian Recent populations forming the subgenus Cymbiolacca, formerly named the pulchra Complex is revised. Five new valid species are recognized: C. (Cymbiolacca) cracenta McMichael, 1963, C. (Cymbiolacca) complexa Iredale, 1924, C. (Cymbiolacca) houarti Poppe, 1985, C. (Cymbiolacca) moretonensis Bail & Limpus, 1998 and C. (Cymbiolacca) subelongata Bail & Limpus, 1998. Two new subspecies are distinguished: C. (Cymbiolacca) pulchra flindersi ssp. nov. and C. (Cymbiolacca) intruderi rowseorum ssp. nov. The species C. (Cymbiolacca) excelsior Bail & Limpus, 1998 is downgraded to subspecies. The type of C. (Cymbiolacca) pulchra (Sowerby I, 1825) and its locus typicus are defined again. 95 pp., 64 pls, num. maps + text figs, br. 4. …

The first synthesis of New Zealand Mollusca was by F. W. Hutton (1873) in a publication entitled Catalogue of the New Zealand Mollusca. Following this work was contributed by papers by varios people, but it was not until 1913 that the magnificent work by H. Suter entitled The Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca was published,followed two years later by the relevant volume of plates. Many years were to follow before A. W. B. Powell produced and published his now famous New Zealand Mollusca (1979). This mammoth work brought together all of the known work on New Zealand Mollusca, by in this book Powell dedicated merely five pages to the family Volutidae. Other publications in which the Volutidae of New Zealand are featured, where by Weaver & duPont (1970) entitled the Living Volutes, and Poppe Goto s (1992) Volutes. Over the pass twenty?five years there has been a huge expansion in the activities of the benthic fisheries industry in New Zealand waters, as well as increased scientific work undertaken by the New Zealand Fisheries Research Development, NIWA. As a result, new fishing grounds have been discovered and these new areas have produced an amazing range of Volutidae, some previously known from only a few specimens and many new to science. Much confusion has occured with the identification of much of this new material, reslulting in misidentification and the overlooking of new discorveries. And so this work after many years of searching and research and many visits to the major museums of New Zealand and some of the nation s major shell collections, sets out for the first time a comprehensive monograph of the Volutidae of New Zealand. 73 pp., 28 maps, 82 figs, 62 col. pls, loose-leaf 4.…

This part introduces the variable and colourful enzootic Australian Volute genus Amoria. Illustrating and describing all 29 species and subspecies, as well as many named forms in detail. Several of these taxa are new to science and introduced here for the first time. The monograph also includes information on types and type localities, distribution, biology, habitat and size range. 2+50 pp., 93 col. pls, loose-leaf 4.…