Species Antigona laqueata (Sowerby, 1853)
Chemnitz's Cockle, Chemnitz's Venus
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Venus laqueata Sowerby, G.B. 1853. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Monograph of the Genera of Shells - Monograph of the Genus Venus. London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 703-741. [706, pl. 153, fig. 15].
Generic Combinations
- Proxichione laqueata (Sowerby, 1853). —
Cotton, B.C. 1950. Mollusca from Western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(3): 333–338 [334]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tigammona chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) [misidentification]. —
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] - Periglypta chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) [misidentification]. —
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [197] - Cytherea chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) [misidentification]. —
Hedley, C. 1906. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31(3): 453-479, pls 36-37 [466] - Chione (Omphalocathrum) chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) [misidentification]. —
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 [195] - Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) [misidentification. Repeated in numerous instances, in various combinations, in the older literature as well]. —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [124, pl. 60, fig. 453] (with foot note referring it to gladstonensis)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Caledonia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, estuary, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Among algae
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [39] (as chemnitzii)
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. [364, 711] (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] (as chemnitzii)
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [124, pl. 60, figs 453] (as Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [39] (based on a misidentification of A. chemnitzii) (Chemnitz's Cockle)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [74, pl. 75D] (based on a misidentification of A. chemnitzii) (Chemnitz's Venus)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |
23-Apr-2018 | BIVALVIA | 10-Apr-2018 | MODIFIED | 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 | ||
25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |