Species Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium (Trachycardium) dianthinum Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [190, pl. 11, fig. 25a].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1899.2.2.11, channel between Hamon Is. & Wednesday Split, Torres Strait, Australia; NMW 1955.158.693, channel between Hamon Is. & Wednesday Split, Torres Strait, Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 30, fig. 195]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, New Guinea, Coral Sea, Mela, New Caledonia, Philippines

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

4-25 m

 

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. (CD: line 9899)

Hylleberg, J. 2004. Lexical approach to Cardiacea. Records of taxa. Illustrated and annotated records of living and fossil shells, with emphasis on the families Cardiidae and Lymnocardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Part 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [468]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [64, fig. 195]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [190, pl. 11, figs 25, 25a] (as C. (Trachycardium) dianthinum)

ter Poorten, J. 2014. Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345687 (Accessed on 2015-02-02)

Vidal, J. 1999. Taxonomic Review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticardium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 21(2): 259-335, 20 figs [313, figs 14g-i, table 29]

 

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	CARDIIDAE	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		12-Apr-2011	MODIFIED