Species Barbatia (Abarbatia) trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca trapezina Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [41].
• Byssoarca decussata Sowerby. G.B. 1833. Characters of new species of Mollusca and conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833: 16-134 [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1969232 (H. Cuming Colln., illustrated in Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers pp. 1–288. [fig. 55]), Lorel Hood's I., Pacific.

  Secondary source:

   Harris, G.F. 1897. Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London : British Museum of Natural History Part 1 407 pp., 8 pls. [334]; Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497 [Date published 12 July 1915] [484]; Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155]; Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [500].

 

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. [134, text fig.; 563-564] (Huber also lists additional synonyms: Barbatia oblonga Dunker, 1868; Barbatia petersii Dunker, 1871)

 

Generic Combinations

• Arca decussata (Sowerby, 1833). —
  Fischer, P. 1870. Sur la faune conchyliologique marine de Suez et de l'Akabah. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 161-179 [170]
• Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833).
• Arca (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833). —
  Jousseaume, F. in Lamy, E. 1917. Les Arches de la Mer Rouge. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 23(2): 106-112
• Barbatia decussata (Sowerby, 1833). —
  Macandrew, R. 1870. Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 429-450 [449]
• Barbatia (Barbatia) trapezina (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [46, fig. 57]
• Barbatia (Abarbatia) trapezina (Lamarck, 1819). —
  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. [134, text fig.; 563-564]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock bottom.

 

General References

Harris, G.F. 1897. Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London : British Museum of Natural History Part 1 407 pp., 8 pls. [334] (listed under Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

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. [134, text fig.; 563-564]

Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497 [Date published 12 July 1915] [484] (discussion of nominal name availability; listed under Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [500, fig. 162, G, H] (listed under Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [46, fig, 57] (46, fig. 55 as as Barbatia (Barbatia) grayana for Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155, pl. 20D] (listed for Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [35, pl. 1] (listed for Barbatia (Barbatia) decussata (Sowerby, 1833))

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate III-XVII in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [species 103]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate III-XVII in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [species 103] (The Trapeziform Ark)

 

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)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
28-Aug-2012		28-Aug-2012	MOVED
29-Jan-2013		28-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED