Species Barrimysia cumingii (A. Adams, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pythina cumingii Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina), from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(xxiv): 47-53 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Gindulman, Isle of Bohol, sandy mud, 8 fathoms.
• Rochefortia excellens Hedley, C. 1912. Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 131-160 [134, pl. 40, figs 5-8].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.10032, Great Barrier Reef, Green Island, off Cairns, Queensland, Australia [16°46'1.2"S, 145°58'1.2"E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sandy mud, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

20m; free living, coral reef areas

 

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. [63]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [160, 537, 540, 5 text figs; on CD]

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [262]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [160]

Morton, B. & Scott, P.H. 1989. The Hong Kong Galeommatacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and their hosts, with descriptions of new species. Asian Marine Biology 6: 129-160 [145-146] (comparison with species from Hong Kong)

 

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)
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	GALEOMMATOIDEA	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		29-Apr-2011	MODIFIED