Species Bathyarca (Microcuculaea) perversidens Hedley, 1902

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bathyarca perversidens Hedley, C. 1902. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis, off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 287-324 [198, fig. 45].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.13260 dry, 5.5-7.5 mls NE of Cape Three Points, New South Wales, Australia [33°31‘15.6‘S 151°34‘51.6‘E]; AM C.13221 dry, 5-8 ml off Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia [35°29‘38.4‘S 151°0‘54‘E]; AM C.13222 dry, 5-8 ml off Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia [35°29‘38.4‘S 151°0‘54‘E].

Generic Combinations

• Microcucullaea perversidens (Hedley, 1902). —
  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. [253]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bathyarca (Microcuculaea) perversidens Hedley, 1902.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth up to 41 m.

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. [253]

Hedley, C. 1902. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis, off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 287-324 [298, fig. 45]

Hedley, C. 1905. Mollusca from One Hundred and Eleven Fathoms, East of Cape Byron, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 41-54 figs 5-22 [41]

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M6]

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.

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 [8] (as Microcucullaea perversidens)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [60] (ecology, distribution)

Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [222] (treats Bathyarca cybaea as a synonym after comm. with and agreement by C. Hedley. This has not been followed subsequently)

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. [253] (Little Cowl Shell)

History of changes