Species Brechites australis (Chenu, 1843)
Australia Watering Pot
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Aspergillum australe Chenu, M. 1843. Aspergillum. 1-4, pls 1-4 in Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 1. [3, pl. 3, fig. 1, 1a].
- Aspergillum cumingianum Chenu, M. 1843. Aspergillum. 1-4, pls 1-4 in Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 1. [3, pl. 3, figs 4-4a].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 19718, Australian seas. - Aspergillum incertus Chenu, M. 1843. Aspergillum. 1-4, pls 1-4 in Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 1. [4, pl. 4, figs 5-5a, 6-6a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1968669/70, Barrow Is., Roeburne, Dampier area of N. Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Brechites (Brechites) vaginiferus australis (Chenu, 1843). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [222] - Brechites (Brechites) australis (Chenu, 1843).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [16, fig. 16]
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] [160, fig. 153] (as Humphreyia incerta Chenu, 1843)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [222]
Smith, B.J. 1971. A revision of the family Clavagellidae (Pelecypoda, Mollusca) from Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2: 135-161 [143, pl. 10, figs 9-10] (as Brechites (Brechites) australis)
Smith, B.J. 1976. Revision of the Recent species of the family Clavagellidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3: 187-208 [200, fig. 20]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [16] (Australia Watering Pot)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | PHOLADOMYIDA | 04-Aug-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
14-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |