Species Anomia trigonopsis Hutton, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anomia trigonopsis Hutton, F.W. 1877. Descriptions of some new Teritary Mollusca from Canterbury. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 9: 593-598, pl. 16 [598].

  Type data:

   Neotype NZGS T.M. 3928, White Rock River, South Canterbury (Awamoan, Lower Miocene).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Suter, H. 1915. Revision of the tertiary Mollusca of New Zealand, based on type material. Part 2. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 3: 1-69.
• Anomia metallica Reeve, L.A. 1859. Monograph of the genus Anomia. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 11. [pl. 7, fig. 34].
• Anomia walteri Hector, J. 1894. On a new shell (Anomia walteri) Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 20th February, 1895. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 292-293 [292].

  Type data:

   Holotype Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zelaand.
• Anomia undata Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Government Printer xxii, 1210 pp. [843, pl. 57, fig. 9] [junior homonym; not Hutton, 1885].
• Anomia poculifera Marshall, P. 1918. The Tertiary molluscan fauna of Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 50: 263-278, pls 18-22 [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, Northland (Otaian, Lower Miocene), New Zealand.
• Anomia descripta Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [270, pl. 20, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60604 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51‘0‘S, 151°13‘58.8‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [On the CD & p. 616]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand (North Island)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Subtidal 1-45 m; on exposed rocks, attached under stones, to shells and pilings

 

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. [285-286, pl. 31, fig. 9] (as Anomia descripta)

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [281]

Beu, A.G. 1967. Notes on Australasian Anomiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 225-243 [229, text-figs. 1b, 3e-i]

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [13, pl. 6] (as )

Hadfield, A.J. & D.T. Anderson 1988. Reproductive cycles of the bivalve molluscs Anadara trapezia (Deshayes), Venerupis crenata Lamarck and Anomia descripta Iredale in the Sydney region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 649–660

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.

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 [12]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [126, fig. 316]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [30, fig. 31] (as Anomia descripta)

Oliver, W.R.B. 1923. Notes on New Zealand pelecypods. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15(4): 179-188 [180]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [13] (Jingle Shell)

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [30] (asAnomia descripta Iredale, 1936) (Orange Jingle Shell)

 

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)
14-Jun-2013		14-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
25-Nov-2010		25-Nov-2010	MOVED
		25-Nov-2010	MODIFIED