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Species Barbatia (Savignyarca) scazon (Iredale, 1939)

Obtuse Ark, The Crooked Ark, Verdant 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

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific distribution


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, 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. [134, text fig.; 564]

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 [259]

Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [520, fig. 7] (airs the possibility that B. B. obliquata is an east African endemic, and B. virescens and B. scazon valid)

Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Mollusca Database for South Africa.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [48, fig. 61] (As Barbatia (Barbatia) obliquata Wood, 1828 - a misidentification)

Lamy, A. 1907. Révision des Arca vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 55: 1-111 [71]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [36, pl. 1] (in subgenus Savignyarca. Considers Savignyarca savignyarca Jousseaume a synonym of B. obliqua)

Rost, H. & Soot-Ryen, T. 1955. Notes on a small collection of Pelecypods from Madagascar. Astarte 11: 1-5 [2]

Smith, E.A. 1891. Marine Shells from Aden. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 430-432 [431]

 

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 77; used for the available name Arca obtusa) (Obtuse Ark, The Crooked Ark, Verdant Ark)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 29-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 01-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
15-Sep-2010 MODIFIED