Species Atrina (Atrina) vexillum (Born, 1778)
Flag Atrina, Flag Razor Shell, Gould's Razor Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pinna vexillum Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp. [118].
Type data:
Holotype no locality given. - Pinna rudis B Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1159] [as Pinna rudis var. B Linnaeus, 1767; refers to Rumphius, pl. 46, fig. L; not recorded by Huber (2010)].
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Status unknown, in indico et mari rubro (=Indian Ocean and Red Sea). - Pinna nigricans Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [147, sp. 3242] [nomen nudum].
Type data:
Holotype Otaheite. - Pinna exusta Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3366] [refers to Chemnitz 1785, as 1785A in OBIS data, pl. 9, fig. 782; according to Huber (2010) this is a valid species from the Indo-Pacific, but is not recorded from Australia].
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Holotype Indian Ocean, Australia. - Pinna gubernaculum 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] [159] [refers to Gmelin (1791: 3366) Pinna vexillum and Chemnitz (1785: pl. 9, fig. 783)].
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Status unknown. - Pinna adusta Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [328] [refers to Chenmitz 1785: pl. 91, fig. 782; according to Huber (2010) this is a synonym of Pinna exusta].
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Holotype Manilla; New Zealand. - Pinna nigra Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [325] [refers to
pl. 88, fig. 774]. Type data:
Holotype Amboyne; Red Sea; Otaheite. - Pinna nigrina Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [135] [refers to
pl. 88, fig. 774; , prt 26, pl. 103]. Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH, L'Ocean des grandes Indes (East Indes). - Pinna gouldii Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Pinna. pls 2-32 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 11. [pl. 11, fig. 21] [according to Huber (2010) this is a synonym of Pinna exusta].
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Holotype BMNH. - Pinna hystrix Hanley, S. 1858. Description of new Pinnae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16: 225-228, 254-255 [226] [figured in Reeve (1858: pl. 32, figs 60, 61); according to Huber (2010) this is a valid species from the Indo-Pacific, but is not recorded from Australia].
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Holotype BMNH, Amboyne. - Pinna oahua Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [75, pl. 18, figs 5, 6] [according to Huber (2010) this is a synonym of Pinna recta, a Hawaiian endemic].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 337506, Oahua, Hawaii. - Atrina (Atrina) recta Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [76, pl. 17, figs 3, 4] [according to Huber (2010) this is a valid species, endemic to Hawaii].
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Holotype USNM 484153, Albatross Station 3850, off south coast of Molokai, Hawaii. - Atrina gouldii banksiana 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 [316, pl. 4, fig. 18].
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Holotype AM C.62033, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, QLD [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E]. - Atrina (Servatrina) tenuis Habe, T. 1953. Pinnidae, Placunidae, Anomiidae in Japan. pp. 185-200 in Kuroda, T. (ed.). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Vol. 24. [193, pl. 24, fig. 3] [according to Huber (2010) this is a synonym of Pinna epica Jousseaume, 1894 from the Indo-Pacific, not including Australia].
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Holotype Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan. - Atrina (Servatrina) linguafelis Habe, T. 1953. Pinnidae, Placunidae, Anomiidae in Japan. pp. 185-200 in Kuroda, T. (ed.). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Vol. 24. [194, pl. 25, fig. 7] [according to Huber (2010) this is a valid species from SE Asia, including Japan].
Type data:
Holotype Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Atrina (Atrina) vexillum (Born, 1778).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Indo-West Pacific north east to Hawaii
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected alive to about 50 m. Mostly in sandy mud or in sea grass patches on reefs
General References
Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [159, pl. 476]
Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae]
Habe, T. 1953. Pinnidae, Placunidae, Anomiidae in Japan. pp. 185-200 in Kuroda, T. (ed.). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Vol. 24. [194, pl. 25, fig. 7] (as A. (Servatrina) linguafelis)
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [171, pl. 52, fig. 6] (as P. (Exitopinna) linguafelis; p. 171, pl. 52, fig. 7 as A. vexillum gouldii)
Hedley, C. 1924. A Revision of the Australian Pinnidae. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 141-153 [150, pl. 20, figs 11, 12] (as P. gouldii; p. 151 as P. nigra;)
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 [316, pl. 4, fig. 18] (as A. gouldii banksiana)
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 [10]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [14, pl. 5, fig. 30]
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 [156]
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [22, fig. 11] (as A. gouldii)
Mukerjee, P.N. 1939. Fossil Fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam. Memoirs. Geological Survey India, Palaeontologia Indica 28(1): 1-101 [29, pl. 1, fig. 1] (as P. (Atrina) sp. cf. vexillum)
Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [7] (as P. nigra)
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [56]
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [242]
Reid, R.G.B. & D.G. Brand 1989. Giant kidneys and metal-sequestering nephroliths in the bivalve Pinna bicolor, with comparative notes on Atrina vexillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 126: 95-117
Rosewater, J. 1961. The family Pinnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(4): 175-226 [204-207, pls 139, 156-158]
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 [26, pl. 8, fig. 3] (=as P. vexillum)
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [154, fig. 572]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [159, pl. 476] (Flag Razor Shell)
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [22, fig. 11] (Gould's Razor Shell)
Rosewater, J. 1961. The family Pinnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(4): 175-226 [204] (Flag Atrina)
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) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | PINNOIDEA | 12-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 17-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Oct-2010 | (import) |