Species Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) kuehnelti (Kleeman, 1977)

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• Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) keuhnelti Kleemann, K.H. 1977. A new species of Lithophaga (Bivalvia) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The Veliger 20: 151-154 [p.151,152-153, f.1c (holotype),2].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1976135, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (23°27'N, 151°55'E).
  Paratype(s) NHMW 80635, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (23°27'N, 151°55'E); NHMW 80636, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (23°27'N, 151°55'E).

 

Generic Combinations

• Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) kuehnelti (Kleeman, 1977).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Habit: boring, infaunal, Living and dead corals, for example Stylophora mordax and Acropora palifera (Great Barrier Reef, Evseev 1981); habitat: coral, live coral, particularly Acropora palifera.

 

General References

Evseev, G.A. 1981. On the ecology of coral-boring bivalve Lithophaga kuehnelti Kleemann (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), Great Barrer Reef, Australia. Proceedings of the 4th International Coral Reef Symposium, Manila 2: 661-663 [662] (Secondary source; ecology)

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.

Kleemann, K.H. 1977. A new species of Lithophaga (Bivalvia) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The Veliger 20: 151-154 [151] (General reference; description; ecology; distribution; type data)

Kleemann, K.H. 1980. Boring bivalves and their host corals from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 46: 13-54 [44] (General reference; synonymy; description; distribution; ecology; type data)

 

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)
05-Sep-2012		05-Sep-2012	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED