Phallomedusa solida Martens 1878

• Main Authors: Golding, Rosemary E., Ponder, Winston F., Byrne, Maria
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Amphibolidae; Phallomedusa; Phallomedusa solida; Queensland; Lamarck; Brisbane; Bouvier; Robillard; East Inlet; Bay Creek; Sawyer Bay
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6240292; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6240292

Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878) Ampullacera fragilis; Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (in part): 201–203, pl. XV, figs. 10–12 (not of Lamarck 1822). Ampullarina quoyana; Angas, 1867: 232 (not of Potiez & Michaud 1838). Amphibola solida Martens, in Schacko, 1878: 1 –9, pl. I, fig. 1. Amphibola fragilis; Bouvier 1892: 146 –153 (not of Lamarck 1822). Salinator quoyana; Cotton & Godfrey 1932: 150 (not of Potiez & Michaud 1838). Salinator solida; Woolacott 1945: 2, pl. III, figs. 1, 2, 7, 9. Type material: Holotype (Fig. 2 H) from ‘Australia’, Robillard (ZMB, 22207). Other material examined: Australia, Queensland: Port Douglas, Dickson’s Inlet, in mangroves, 3 Jun 1977, I. Loch, P.H. Colman and R. Creese (AMS C. 400788); Proserpine River, opposite Flying Fox Island, in mangroves, 1 May 1975, W.F. Ponder (AMS C. 446518). Australia, New South Wales: Brisbane Waters, Fagan's Bay, on mud in saltmarsh, 10 Mar 2003, R.E. Golding, W.F. Ponder and H. Fukuda (AMS C. 442245); South side of Narrabeen Lakes, on sandy mud amongst reeds and mangroves, Mar–Sep 2004, R.E. Golding and M. Hill (AMS C. 442241, C. 442277, C. 442286); Lane Cove River, Boronia Park, on mud in open mangrove forest at low tide, Dec 2003 – Sep 2004, R.E. Golding, M. Hill and P.M. Golding (AMS C. 442276, C. 442284, C. 442266); Parramatta River, Homebush Bay, on mud amongst dense mangroves, Dec 2003 – Feb 2004, R.E. Golding (AMS C. 442247, C. 442259, C. 442262); Lake Illawarra, Kully Bay, creek near lake with sparse saltmarsh vegetation, 3 Mar 2004, R.E. Golding and P.M. Golding (AMS C. 442239). Australia, Tasmania: Stanley, Sawyer Bay, East Inlet, damp mudflats at low tide, 20 Apr 2004, W.F. Ponder (C. 446517). Redescription: Shell (Figs. 2 H, I): Solid, opaque, spire relatively tall, conical, shell diameter to 20 mm, axial striae indistinct. Whorls rounded, lacking shoulder. Outer lip of aperture slightly thickened at base. Exterior white with brown, narrow zigzag lines on all whorls. Interior of aperture white. Operculum (Figs. 3 D, 4 A): Thick, ...