Species Bassina (Bassina) pachyphylla (Jonas, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus pachyphylla Jonas, J.H. 1838. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien - Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1 5: 341-344 [344, pl. 9, figs 6, 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Fairy, Vict.
• Venus alatus Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Venus. pls 2-23 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 18, fig. 83].
• Mercenaria paucilamellata Dunker, W. 1863. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer pp. 43-58, pls 13-18. [52, pl. 16, fig. 10-12].
• Callista victoriae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [159].

 

Generic Combinations

• Bassina (Bassina) pachyphylla (Jonas, 1839). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 466]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow water.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [328]

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [251]

Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. 1977. Suite de révisions des Veneridae (Moll. Lamellibranchia) Chioninae, Samaranginae et complément aus Venus. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 106: 1-186 [125]

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. [367] (also on CD)

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 [23]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 466]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [328] (Faint-Frilled Venus Shell)

 

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	VENEROIDEA	25-Aug-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		04-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED