WoRMS taxon details
Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883)
1304270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1304270)
accepted
Species
Cymatium jobbernsi L. C. King, 1933 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cymatium remotum Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymatona tomlini A. W. B. Powell, 1955 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Sassia jobbernsi (L. C. King, 1933) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 16: 594 [details]
page(s): 16: 594 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea (origin: native - non-endemic) [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304270 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cymatona tomlini A. W. B. Powell, 1955) Powell, A. W. B. (1955). Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand. <em>Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin.</em> 15(1): 1–151, 5 pls.
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900) Tate, R.; May, W.L. (1900). Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Mollusca (chiefly Tasmanian). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 24(2): 90-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36939623
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 16: 594 [details]
original description (of Cymatium jobbernsi L. C. King, 1933 †) King, L. C. (1933). Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 334-354.
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Cymatium remotum Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 †) Frassinetti, D. & Covacevich, V. (1995) Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guamblin Archipelago de los Chonos, sur de Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile, 22, 47-73. NIZT 682
page(s): 58, pl. 2, fig. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (1978). The marine fauna of New Zealand: The molluscan genera Cymatoma and Fusitriton (Gastropoda, family Cymatiidae). <em>Nre Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 65: 1-44.
page(s): 12, fig. 4a-j, l-n, 6a-b, d-f, 7a-c, 12d-e [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900) Tate, R.; May, W.L. (1900). Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Mollusca (chiefly Tasmanian). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 24(2): 90-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36939623
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 16: 594 [details]
original description (of Cymatium jobbernsi L. C. King, 1933 †) King, L. C. (1933). Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 334-354.
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Cymatium remotum Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 †) Frassinetti, D. & Covacevich, V. (1995) Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guamblin Archipelago de los Chonos, sur de Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile, 22, 47-73. NIZT 682
page(s): 58, pl. 2, fig. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Beu, A. G. (1978). The marine fauna of New Zealand: The molluscan genera Cymatoma and Fusitriton (Gastropoda, family Cymatiidae). <em>Nre Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 65: 1-44.
page(s): 12, fig. 4a-j, l-n, 6a-b, d-f, 7a-c, 12d-e [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassaria kampyla Watson, 1883; Paralectotype(s); NMINH:1899.114.147) (from synonym Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883)
To Malacopics (Cymatoma kampyla (R.B. Watson, 1883) )
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla (1) 870981) (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla (3) 870981) (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla kampyla (3) 701903) (from synonym Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla kampyla 701903) (from synonym Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassaria kampyla Watson, 1883; Paralectotype(s); NMINH:1899.114.147) (from synonym Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883)
To Malacopics (Cymatoma kampyla (R.B. Watson, 1883) )
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla (1) 870981) (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla (3) 870981) (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla kampyla (3) 701903) (from synonym Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sassia kampyla kampyla 701903) (from synonym Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883))
