Genus Botula Mörch, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Botula Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [55].

  Type species:

   Mytilus fuscus Gmelin, 1791 by subsequent designation, see Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [59].
• Botulopa 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 [414].

  Type species:

   Botulopa silicula infra Iredale, 1939 by original designation (Iredale fixed the type species as Botulopa silicula infra subsp. nov., which under Art. 61.4 implies Botulopa infra; however, the latter was a nomen nudum, stating "The Queensland species appears to differ slightly in form, and may be called Botulopa silicula infra subsp. nov.", and Botulopa is thus not available).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, Carribean, central America

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Fleming, C.A. 1959. Notes on New Zealand Recent and Tertiary mussels (Mytilidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 165-178, pls 13-14, 3 figs [170]

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. 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 [414-415]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [508]

Kleemann, K. 2007. Catalogue and bibliography of Recent and fossil Botula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Zootaxa 1508: 1-48 [1-48]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [53]

 

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-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		22-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED