RESEARCH NOTE

Asymmetry of eye peduncle length in Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960) (Mollusca: Neostromboidae: Strombidae)

Stephen J. Maxwell¹, Jessica L. Watt², Mark A. Payne³

¹ College of Business Law and Governance, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia.
² College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD 4878, Australia.
³ College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.

Stromboideans are a complex of gregarious herbivorous marine gastropods found in tropical and subtropical waters globally. This study examined the Australian endemic species, Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960), for which no previous morphological studies have been conducted to date (Fig. 1). This study examined the ommatophores of 39 specimens that were collected in July 2018 by commercial aquarium fishermen supplying Cairns Marine off the Western Australian coast near Karratha (± 20 km). The ommatophores, which in the case of Strombidae, consist of the eye stalk with a cephalic tentacle attached towards the distal end. (…)

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Cite as: Maxwell S.J., Watt J.L., Payne M.A. (2026) Asymmetry of eye peduncle length in Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960) (Mollusca: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). Strombus 30(1-2): 1–4.

Publication date: 08 January 2026.