Species Abranda modestina (Tate, 1891)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Tellina modestina Tate, R. 1891. A second supplement to a list of the lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 265-269 [266] [replacement name; new name for Tellina modesta Sowerby, 1883, non Carpenter, 1865].
Type data:
Neotype SAMA D.12866, Holdfast Bay, South Australia. - Tellina modesta Sowerby. G.B. 1833. Characters of new species of Mollusca and conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833: 16-134 [31, pl. 7, fig. 1] [junior homonym; not Tellina modesta Carpenter, 1865].
- Syndesmya elliptica Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [99, pl. 7, figs c, c] [junior homonym; not Syndosmya elliptica Brocchi, 1815, nor Lamarck, 1818].
- Abranda rex Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [182, 212] [replacement name; for Syndosmya elliptica Sowerby, 1867].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tellina (Abranda) modestina Tate, 1891. —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [96, pl. 46, fig. 333]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral sand, intertidal, marine, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
10m; fine sand
General References
Huber, M., Langleit, A. & Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit & Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [685-686, 688-689; on CD]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [25] (as Abranda rex Iredale, 1924)
Ponder, W.F. 1975. Notes on the synonymy of four Australian tellinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3(2): 111-119 [116, 118, text fig. 3a-b]
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) |
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | TELLINOIDEA | 31-Jul-2014 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | TELLINOIDEA | 27-Jun-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 23-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |