WoRMS taxon details
Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
559230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559230)
accepted
Species
Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Siphonaria inculta A. A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(2): 329; atlas: pl. 25, figs 32-34 [details]
page(s): 2(2): 329; atlas: pl. 25, figs 32-34 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559230 on 2026-01-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(2): 329; atlas: pl. 25, figs 32-34 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria inculta A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 2, species no. 7 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 2(2): 329; atlas: pl. 25, figs 32-34 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria inculta A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 2, species no. 7 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jenkins, B.W. (1982). Redescriptions and relationship of <i>Siphonaria zelandica</i> Quoy and Gaimard to <i>S. australis</i> Quoy and Gaimard with a description of <i>S. propria</i> sp. nov. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Siphonariidae). <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 6: 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1983.10673952
page(s): 11-23 [details]
page(s): 11-23 [details]
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 Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific <em>Siphonaria</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
subsequent type designation Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific <em>Siphonaria</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
subsequent type designation Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonaria australis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 New Zealand, Auckland, Rodney Co., Cape R...
To Malacopics (Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard,1833 New Zealand, Wellington, Castle Point)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1846 Holotype USNM 5857) (from synonym Siphonaria inculta A. A. Gould, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonaria australis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 New Zealand, Auckland, Rodney Co., Cape R...
To Malacopics (Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard,1833 New Zealand, Wellington, Castle Point)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1846 Holotype USNM 5857) (from synonym Siphonaria inculta A. A. Gould, 1846)
Unreviewed
