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Species Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)

Boring Horse Mussel


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: subtidal, continental shelf, 10-200m (Hawaiian Islands); habit: boring, infaunal, boring scleractinian corals; habitat: rocks, rock borers (Hawaiian Islands).

 

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.

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 [415-416] (as Modiola silicula Lamarck, 1819)

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. [209] (distribution, ecology, synonymy; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))

Kleemann, K. 2007. Catalogue and bibliography of Recent and fossil Botula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Zootaxa 1508: 1-48 [20, pl. 1, fig. 2] (synonymy, discussion; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819) and Botula cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819))

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [88, fig. 195] (as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))

Lee, S.Y. & Morton, B. 1983. Hong Kong Mytilidae. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China 1983: 49-76 [60] (distribution, ecology; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))

Wilson, B.R. & R. Tait 1984. Systematics, anatomy and boring mechanism of the rock-boring mytilid bivalve Botula. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 113-125 (as Botula cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819))

Zhenrui, W. & Zhongyan, Q. 1984. Study on Chinese species of the family Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Studia Marina Sinica 22: 198-242 [231] (synonymy, distribution;as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))

 

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)
22-Sep-2010 22-Sep-2010 MOVED
27-May-2013 07-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
11-Aug-2010 MODIFIED