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Genus Abra Lamarck, 1818


Compiler and date details

2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Abra Lamarck, 1818 [Lamarck [ex Leach MS]; Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 5: 492; Established in synonymy but used as valid before 1960. Habra [Agassiz, 1847, Nomenclator Zoologicus. Index universalis: 1] was suggested to be a more correct spelling, but was not used as valid, and is not an available name].
    Type species:
     Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 by subsequent designation (Herrmannsen, 1846, Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 1: 1).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014 BIVALVIA 04-Apr-2016 MODIFIED ABRS
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
11-Aug-2014 TELLINOIDEA 25-Jul-2011 MOVED Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014 25-Jul-2011 MODIFIED
29-Feb-2012 MODIFIED