Species Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)

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• Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [483].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, les mers australe.
• Mactra pinguis Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1864. Diagnoses Mollkuscorum Australiae méridionalis. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 346-350 [349].
• Mesodesma triquetra Hanley, S.C.T. 1843. Descriptions of five new species of bivalve shells from the collection of W. Metcalfe Esq. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1843: 101-102 [101].
• Mactra amygdala Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1864. Diagnoses Mollkuscorum Australiae méridionalis. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 346-350 [349].
• Spisula adelaidae Angas, G.F. 1866. Descriptions of two new species of marine bivalve shells from South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 697 [697].

 

Generic Combinations

• Anapella amygdala (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 41]
• Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 41]
• Mulinia pinguis (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). —
  Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia: with a list of all the species known up to the present time; together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 643-657 [645]
• Anapa triquetra (Hanley, 1843). —
  Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia: with a list of all the species known up to the present time; together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 643-657 [648]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Spisula) adelaidae Angas, 1865. —
  Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [140]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

 

General References

Campbell, C.R. & L. Schmidt 2001. Molluscs and echinoderms from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27: 109-114

Huber, M. 2010. Anapella cycladea. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505791 (Accessed on 2015-04-21)

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. [763, on CD] (synonymise A. cycladea and A. amygdala)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [86, pl. 41] (fig. 287 as A. cycladea and fig. 288 as A. amygdala)

Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [63]

 

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	MACTROIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014	MACTROIDEA	08-Jun-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		13-May-2011	MODIFIED