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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 165076 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Conuber controversa   (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1913)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 165 Naticidae (sand & moon snails) - show full list Common Name: [a sand snail] Organism Type: a sand snail Synonyms: Polinices tasmanica Polinices (Conuber) tasmanica (both mis-identifications) Polinices (Conuber) controversa Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 165901     Conuber spp.

Scientific Name Notes:

This species is widely known under the name Polinices tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1876), but from examination of the types (R.C. Willan pers.com.) this name belongs to a different species, which is now synonymised with Conuber conicum. The mis-identification originates with Tate & May, 1901, and was recognised by Pritchard & Gatliff, 1913, who renamed the species illustrated by Tate & May as Polinices controversa.

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Record source:

Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R,C,, Smith, B.J., Turner, E., 2006. A systematic list of the marine molluscs of Tasmania., Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Occasional Paper, Vol. 8: 1-120.