Species Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775)
Pacific Asaphis
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC, Red Sea.- Tellina anomala Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp. [20].
Type data:
Lectotype NHMW 3051 = E.31ß, locality unknown. Type data:
Lectotype MNHN, "les mers de l'Inde et celles de l'Amerique", restricted to Indian Ocean.- Sanguinolaria dichotoma Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [4, no. 123].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMUC, East Indies. - Capsa tahitensis Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Capsa. pl. 1 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl. 1, sp. 2].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1989121/1, Tahiti.
Generic Combinations
- Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 405]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocks, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
Muddy sand with incorporated gravel or coral rubble.
General References
Gofas, S., Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2013. Asaphis violascens (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213508 (Accessed on 2015-02-23)
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 405]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [162]
Taylor, J.D., Williams, S.T., Glover, E.A. & Dyal, P. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of heterodont bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Heterodonta): new analyses of 18S and 28S rRNA genes. Zoologica Scripta 36(6): 587-606 (included in analysis)
Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [6, figs 13-26, 381]
Common Name References
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [70, pl. 71D] (Pacific Asaphis)
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) |
11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
11-Aug-2014 | TELLINOIDEA | 12-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
15-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |