Species Leiosolenus (Labis) hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithodomus hanleyanus Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Lithodomus. pls 2-4 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 4, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197589/2, Suez, Red Sea.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 197589/1, Suez, Red Sea; BMNH 197589/3, Suez, Red Sea.
• Lithophaga laevigata instigans Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [417, 422, pl. 6, f. 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60405, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lithophaga (Labis) hanleyana (Reeve, 1857). —
  Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [193]
• Lithophaga hanleyana (Reeve, 1857). —
  Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [437]
• Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857).
• Leiosolenus (Labis) hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Pacific, Hong Kong

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: sublittoral; habit: boring, infaunal; habitat: coral, dead corals; living coral colonies at Low Isles (Otter 1937), coral reef, preferring sheltered back-reefs and lagoon situations (Wilson 1979)

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [294]

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. 1983. Catalogue of recent and fossil Lithophaga (Bivalvia). Journal of Molluscan Studies (Supplement) 12: 1-46 [11]

Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [193]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [94, fig. 220]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [55]

Otter, G.W. 1937. Rock destroying organisms in relation to coral reefs. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 1: 323-352 [339]

Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489

 

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
05-Sep-2012		05-Sep-2012	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		13-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED