Species Anadara (Potiarca) pilula (Reeve, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca pilula Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 2, specimen 8].
• Potiarca pilula saccula 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 [284, pl. 3, figs 17, 17a].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.79065 dry, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia [15°28‘1.2‘S 145°15‘0‘E]; AM C.77146 dry, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [19°16‘1.2‘S 146°49‘1.2‘E]; AM C.79067 dry, Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia [23°55‘1.2‘S 151°22‘58.8‘E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [58]
• 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.

Generic Combinations

• Anadara (Potiarca) pilula (Reeve, 1843). —
  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. [139, text fig.; 571]
• Anadara (Cunearca) pilula (Reeve, 1843). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [58, fig. 89]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sand, intertidal, marine, shelly bottom.

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [256, fig. 4]

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [165, pl. 49, fig. 18]

Habe, T. 1965. Anadarinae in Japan and its adjacent areas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 8: 73-84 [75, pl. 2, figs 5, 6]

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. [139, text fig.; 571]

Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [332, fig. 14]

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 [284]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [58, fig. 89]

Shuto, T. 1971. Neogene bivalves from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 21(1): 1-73 [11]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [256] (used for the available name Potiarca pilula) (Pill Ark)

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. (species 8; for Arca pilula) (The Little Ball Ark)

History of changes