Species Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus sulcaria Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [596].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, locality unknown.
• Venus deshayesii Hanley, S.C.T. 1842. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of recent bivalve shells. London : Williams & Norgate 144 pp. [363, pl. 16] [Plate and name, Venus deshayesii, published in 1844 with note (see 'List of Plates' 13); text not published until 1856 (363)].
• Venus deshayesiana Bianconi, G.G. 1856. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 7: 403-412, pls 23-25 [406, pl. 24, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mozambique.
• Venus variopicta Bianconi, G.G. 1856. Rendiconto dell'adunanza del 24 Gennaio. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 1855-56: 41-48 [41].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mozambique, here restricted to Imhambane.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tapes deshayesii (Hanley, 1844). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 73, fig. 583]
• Paphia sulcaria (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [26] (New combination)
• Venus textile sulcaria (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Hanley, S.C.T. 1842. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of recent bivalve shells. London : Williams & Norgate 144 pp. [121, pl. 15, fig. 50] (as Venus textile var. sulcaria; New combination)
• Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [150, pl. 73, fig. 585]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Bonfitto, A., Sabelli, B., Tommasini, S. & Herbert, G. 1994. Marine molluscan taxa from Mozambique described by G.G. Bianconi and preserved in the Zoological Museum of the University of Bologna. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 133-138 [135,136]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. Contribution a la connaissance des Veneridae du Mozambique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 40(4): 784-796 [792]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [296]

Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. Revision des Tapetinae (mollusques bivalves). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 71: 1-106, pls 1-16 [22]

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [421, 740] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [150, pl. 73, fig. 585]

Matsukuma, A. 1986. Studies on the Kawamura collection (Mollusca) in the National Science Museum, Tokyo-III. Genus Tapes Megerle, 1811, with description of a new species. Venus 1 45(1): 11-30 [24-5] (Type information)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [190]

Oliver, P.G. 1995. Bivalvia. pp. 194-281 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai, UAE : Motivate Publishing. [274]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	10-Oct-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		04-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED