Species Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817
Lamellate Venus Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [155, pl. 14, fig. 2].
- Venus subrostrata Bory De St-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (ed) 1827. Encyclopedie Methodique. Paris : Liège Vol. 3. [junior homonym; not Venus subrostrata Lamarck, 1818].
- Dosinia lamarckii Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. Analyst 8: 302-309 [308].
- Antigona lamellaris moderata Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June] [395].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.47410 dry, sandy bottom, Macquarie Island, Lusitania Bay, Tasmania, Australia [54°40'58.8'S, 158°54'0'E].
Generic Combinations
- Chione lamarckii (Gray, 1838). —
Shopland, E.R. 1896. List of shells collected at Aden in 1892-95, classified in accordance with the Paetel Catalogue. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 10: 217-235 [232] (new combination) - Cytherea lamarckii (Gray, 1838). —
Hanley, S.C.T. 1842. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of recent bivalve shells. London : Williams & Norgate 144 pp. [103] (new combination) - Venus lamellaris (Schumacher, 1817). —
Mastaller, M. 1978. The marine molluscan assemblages of Port Sudan, Red Sea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 53(13): 117-144 [140] (new combination)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Antigona (Antigona) lamellaris Schumacher, 1817 [assigned to subgenus]. —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 60, fig. 452]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific and eastern Mediterranean (introduced)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, in sandy mud, intertidal, marine, sand, shell.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [245]
Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [270]
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. [711-712] (also 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 [22]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [124, pl. 60, fig. 452]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [180]
Sartori, A.F., C. Printrakoon, P.M. Mikkelsen & R. Bieler 2008. Siphonal structure in the Veneridae (Bivalvia: Heterodonta) with an assessment of its phylogenetic application and a review of venerids of the Gulf of Thailand. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 18: 103-125 (included in study)
Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [123]
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [12,13]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [245] (Lamellate Venus 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) |
| 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 | VENEROIDEA | 24-Aug-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 28-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |