Liotidae and allied molluscs from the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province

Abstract

This paper is based on two collections from Darwin, Northern Territory, which, as far as is known, are the only collections of small shells available from within the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province. The first collection was made by the author's son, John Laseron, from the beaches at Darwin during the war years, the second from a dredging in 17–20 fm of Pt. Charles, Darwin, by Mr. Mel Ward. As the field is so large it has been thought advisable to deal with these collections family by family rather than as a whole. Material from these collections has already been incorporated in papers dealing with both the Solanderian and Dampierian Provinces on the Cerithiopsidae, the Rissoinidae and Rissoidae, and the Ctiloceratidae (the last in co-authorship with Tom Iredale). The present paper, however, deals only with the Dampierian Province.