Species Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Avicula falcata b Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [148] [as Avicula falcata var. b; not Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819, which is a synonym of Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) according to Huber].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Habite les mers de la Nouvelle Hollande [Australian seas].

  Type locality references:

  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 [331].
• Avicula fluctuosa Dunker, W. 1880. Die gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der natur mit beschreibungen. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 73: 69-84, Pl. 25-27 [71, pl. 25, fig. 2] [probably].
• Austropteria maccullochi 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 [331, pl. 5, fig.12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60339, Port Curtis, South Channel, Jenny Lind Buoy, QLD [23°56‘31.2‘S 151°30‘28.8‘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. [CD-ROM lines 4335-4340]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pteria falcata (non Lamarck, 1819) [misidentification; is Pteria maccullochi]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [96, fig. 225]
• Avicula atlantica Lamarck [misidentification. Is Pteria maccullochi]. —
  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 [331]
• Magnavicula bennetti not Iredale, 1939 [misidentification. Is Pteria maccullochi Iredale, 1939]. —
  Shirai, Shohei 1994. Pearls and pearl oysters of the world. Okinawa, Japan : Marine Planning Co. 108 pp. [21]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW to NE Australia, from Dampier, WA to Port Curtis, QLD, and Arafura Sea

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Distribution References

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. [600]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [94, fig. 224] (as Pteria penguin in part.)

Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2004. Diversity and distribution of subtidal benthic molluscs from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia; results of the 1999 dredge survey (DA2/99). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 247-291 [262] (as Pteria falcata)

 

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-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
	PTERIOIDEA	13-Mar-2013	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)