Species Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798
Flying-Bird Ark, Hazelnut Ark, Spotted Ark, Wedge-Like Ark
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Arca patriarchalis Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [174, sp. 11].
- Arca avellana Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [38].
- Byssoarca maculata 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 [17].
Secondary source:
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 [20]; Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [44]. - Arca cunealis 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. [pl. XIII, fig. 87].
Type data:
Status unknown, Zanzibar. - Navicula terebra Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [293, pl. 4, figs 4, 4a, 4b].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60304 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E]. - Navicula aladdin Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [292, pl. 4, figs 3, 3a].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60313 dry, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [19°16‘1.2‘S 146°49‘1.2‘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. [129, text fig.; 559-560] (Huber also lists the additional synonyms: Arca imbricata avellana Lamarck, 1819; Lamarck, 1819; Arca arabica Philippi, 1847; Arca imbricata arabica Philippi, 1847; Arca kraussii Krauss, 1848)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific; distribution mainly from AM collection, Sydney
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, in coral rubble, marine, rock bottom.
General References
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. [129, text fig.; 559-560]
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [293]
Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [514, figs. 2-3] (synonymy)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [44, fig. 52] (synonymy)
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. 20, C]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [33] (anatomy, distribution, biology and ecology)
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 [20]
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 71; used for the available name Arca maculata) (Flying-Bird Ark, Spotted Ark, Wedge-Like Ark)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [36] (Hazelnut Ark)
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) |
28-Jul-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
29-Jan-2013 | 29-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 01-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |