Genus Aphrodora Jukes-Browne, 1914

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• Aphrodora Jukes-Browne, A.J. 1914. A synopsis of the family Veneridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 11(1-2): 53-94 [62] [replacement name; for Leucothea Jukes-Browne, 1913, non Mertens, 1833].

  Type species:

   Callocardia birtsi Preston, 1905 (by typification of replaced name) by indication.
• Leucothea Jukes-Browne, A.J. 1913. On Callista, Amiantis and Pitaria. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 10(6): 335-347 [346] [invalid name, junior homonym of Leucothea Mertens, 1833 (Cnidaria)].

  Type species:

   Callocardia birtsi Preston, 1905 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Preston, H.B. 1905. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Ceylon. Journal of Malacology 12(1): 1-8 [8] (type species).

Introduction

Huber (2010) identified Aphrodora cf. noguchii (Habe, 1958) which may represent an undescribed species.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

General References

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. [729] (on CD)

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