Species Dosinia (Asa) tumida (Gray, 1838)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cytherea tumida Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. Analyst 8: 302-309 [309] [according to {Fischer-Piette & Metivier 1971} belongs to subgenus Asa].
• Artemis duplicata Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Artemis. pls 1-10 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl. 8].
• Artemis lamellata Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Artemis. pls 1-10 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl. 3, fig. 13].
• Artemis tenuilamellata Sowerby, G.B.II 1852. Artemis, Lucinopsis, Tapes, Clementia. In, Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2. [671, pl. 143, fig. 68].

 

Generic Combinations

• Dosinia (Asa) tumida (Gray, 1838). —
  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. [413]
• Dosinia tumida (Gray, 1838). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [146, pl. 71, fig. 560]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

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 [791]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [292]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1976. Les Veneridae indeterminees das collections de Calcutta. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 70: 235-257 [246]

Fischer-Piette, E. & Métivier, B. 1971. Les Dosinia (Moll., Biv.) indeterminees de Calcutta. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 6 42(2nd series): 1282-1287 [1284]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [507]

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. [413, 737] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [146, pl. 71, fig. 560]

Oliver, P.G. 1995. Bivalvia. pp. 194-281 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai, UAE : Motivate Publishing. [272]

Smith, E.A. 1891. On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the Molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 390–436 [421-22]

 

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	26-Oct-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		26-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED