Species Barbatia (Barbatirus) cometa (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca cometa 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. XVI, fig. 111].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sorsogon, Island of Luzon, Philippines.
• Barbatirus mimulus 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 [260] [pl. II, figs 8, 8a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60274 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [46]
• 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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Barbatia (Barbatia) coma [sic] (Reeve, 1844). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [46, fig. 58]
• Barbatia (Barbatirus) cometa (Reeve, 1844). —
  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.; 564]
• Barbatia (Barbatia) cometa (Reeve, 1844).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Among rocks, intertidal, marine, rock bottom.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [21]

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.; 564]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [46, fig. 58]

 

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 111; used for the available name Arca cometa) (Comet 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
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED