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Species Aphrodora nipponica (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Pitar (Pitarina) nipponicum Kuroda, T., Habe T. & Oyama, K. 1971. The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Maruzen xix, 741 pp. (Japanese text). [415].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT MOR9601, Amadai-ba [bank], or off Hayama, Sagami Bay.

Generic Combinations

Aphrodora nipponica (Kuroda & Habe, 1971). —
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. [396]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia to Japan

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

(map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand.

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [505]

Huber, M. 2010. Aphrodora nipponica (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda & al., 1971). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507382 (Accessed on 2015-04-27)

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. [396, 729] (also on CD. Doubts whether Australian material is conspecific)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J.M. 1997. Pitar Römer from Australian and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 283-306 [298]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 523] (as Pitar (Pitarina) nipponicum Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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	01-Sep-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		01-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED