Species Plicatula (Plicatula) muricata Sowerby, 1873

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plicatula muricata Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Plicatula. pls 1-4 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [sp. 9, pl. 3, figs 9a-b].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth:continental shelf from 20 m, continental slope to 350 m; substrate:sand.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [57] (distribution)

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. [On the CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [114, no. 277]

Lamy, E. 1939. Revision des Plicatula vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 83(1): 5-26 [18]

 

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)
11-Jun-2013		11-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
		25-Nov-2010	MODIFIED