History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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. [767]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [190]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N692]

History of changes

• Anisocorbula Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June] [404, 407].

  Type species:

   Corbula macgillivrayi Smith, 1885 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

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. [768]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N692]

History of changes

• Corbula macgillivrayi Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [31, pl. 10, figs 8-8b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.2.9.2386, Stn 188, south of New Guinea, 28 fathoms.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Anisocorbula) macgillivrayi Smith, 1885.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also in Papua New Guinea

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 144 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. [382-383]

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. [768]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [190]

History of changes

• Caryocorbula Gardner, 1926 [the Nautilus, 40(2): 46].

  Type species:

   Corbula alabamiensis I. Lea by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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. [769]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N693]

History of changes

• Corbula solidula Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [58].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1879.2.26.234, Straits of Macassar.
• Corbula eburnea Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [58].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, North coast of New Guinea (found in mud at the depth of sixty fathoms).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Serracorbula) solidula Hinds, 1843.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 20 m.

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. [465]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. (sp. 4, pl. 5, fig. 41 as Corbula solidula, sp. 42, pl. 5, fig. 42 as Corbula eburnea)

History of changes

• Minicorbula Habe, 1977.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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. [771]

History of changes

• Corbula (Anisocorbula) moretonensis Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1997. New species of Pteriidae, Pinnidae, Veneridae, Euciroidae and Corbulidae from Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneroida). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 271-281 [279, figs 4A-F].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO59365, off Middle Banks, Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Minicorbula) moretonensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997. —
  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. (subgeneric change)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Middle Banks, Moreton Bay

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 10 m.

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. [771] (combination change)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [190]

History of changes

• Notocorbula Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June] [404, 407].

  Type species:

   Notocorbula vicaria Iredale, 1930 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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 [26]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N694]

History of changes

• Corbula fortisulcata Smith, E.A. 1879. On a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 804-821, pl. 50 [819, pl. 2, figs 23-23b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1878.6.10.99, Port Essington, NT, 7 fathoms.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith, 1879.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 12 m.

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. [467]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]

History of changes

• Serracorbula Olsson, A.A. 1961. Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific. Panamic - Pacific Pelecypoda: Paleont. Res. Inst. New York : Ithaca 574 pp., 86 pls. [433].

  Type species:

   Serracorbula tumaca Olsson, 1961 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N694]

History of changes

• Corbula crassa Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [55] (original not seen).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 967947, Straits of Macassar, Malacca.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa Hinds, 1843.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

Hinds, R.B. 1845. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1836-42. London : Smith, Elder & Co. 2 vols. [67]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

Morton, B. 1990. The biology and functional morphology of Corbula crassa (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) with special reference to shell structure and formation. pp. 943-1268 in Morton, B. The Bivalvia. Proceedings of a Memorial Symposium in Honour of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), Edinburgh, 1986. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press.

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [30]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [14]

History of changes

• Corbula verconis Finlay, H.J. 1927. New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488-533 [531].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13280, Yankalilla Bay, South Australia, in sludge, 20 fathoms.
• Corbula compressa Verco, J.C. 1896. Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 217-232 [230, pl. 8, figs 2-2b] (junior homonym of Corbula compressa Lea, 1833).

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Serracorbula) verconis Finlay, 1927.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 66 m.

General References

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] [301-302, fig. 332]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

History of changes

• Solidicorbula Habe, 1949 [(in Kuroda, ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells 1(1): 2].

  Type species:

   Corbula erythrodon Lamarck, 1818 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N694]

History of changes

• Notocorbula hydropica Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June] [405, pl. 65, figs 5-6, 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57829 dry, Albany Passage, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland [10°45'S, 142°37'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Corbula (Notocorbula) hydropica (Iredale, 1930). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]
• Corbula (Solidicorbula) hydropica (Iredale, 1930).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sandy mud, marine, shallow subtidal.

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. [469]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]

History of changes

• Varicorbula Grant, U.S. (IV) & Gale, H.R. 1931. Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene mollusca of California and adjacent regions with notes on their morphology, classification, and nomenclature and a special treatment of the Pectinidae and the Turridae (including a few Miocene and Recent species). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1: 1-1036, pl. 1-32 [420].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Pacific and central Amrica

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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. [770]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N695]

History of changes

• Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Olivi G. 1792. Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Venecia : Bassano pp. i-ix, 334, 9 pls.
• Corbula nucleus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [496].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• CLEMAM 2011. Chreson X=24127. http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/biotaxis.php (additional synonymy)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Normal distribution from north Norway to Senegal, Africa

Australian Endemic.

Introduced from Europe.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

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. [468]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

Pisarovic, A., Meixner, V.Ž, Benc, S. 2000. A contribution to the knowledge of bivalve Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) behaviour, oxygen consumption and anaerobic metabolism. Periodicum Biologorum 102(3): 303-307

Talman, S.G. & Keough, M.J. 2001. The impact of an exotic clam, Corbula gibba, on the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus, in Port Phillip Bay, south-east Australia: evidence of resource-restricted growth in a subtidal environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 221: 135-143

History of changes

• Corbula monilis Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [58].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sual, island of Luzon, Philippines.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Notocorbula) monilis Hinds, 1843. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]
• Corbula (Varicorbula) monilis Hinds, 1843.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 56 m.

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. [468]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 35, pl. 5, fig. 25]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [34]

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 35] (The Necklace-bead Corbula)

History of changes

• Corbula rotalis Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [56].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Calapan, island of Mindoro, Philippine Islands.
• Corbula bifrons Adams, A. 1860. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 5: 299-303 [412].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mino-Shima, near Korea Strait, Japan Sea.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Varicorbula) rotalis Hinds, 1843.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 350 m.

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. [468]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [196]

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 34, pl. 5, fig. 34]

History of changes

• Corbula (Notocorbula) stephensoni Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1997. New species of Pteriidae, Pinnidae, Veneridae, Euciroidae and Corbulidae from Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneroida). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 271-281 [279, figs 5A-E].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM MO59366, Cleveland Bay, north Queensland.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Varicorbula) stephensoni Lamprell & Healy, 1996.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay to Albany Passage.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 20 m.

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. [468, on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

History of changes

• Corbula smithiana Brazier, J. 1879. Synonymy of and remarks upon Port Jackson, New Caledonian and other shells, with their distribution. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 388-392 [388] [new name for Corbula venusta Angas, 1871, not Gould, 1862].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1871.7.5.25, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.
• Corbula venusta Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [20, pl. 1, fig. 29] [junior homonym of Corbula venusta Gould, 1862].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sow and Pigs Reef, New South Wales.
• Corbula coxi Pilsbry, 1897.
• Corbula flindersi Cotton, 1930.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Notocorbula) smithiana Brazier, 1879. —
  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 [26]
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]
• Corbula (Caryocorbula) smithiana Brazier, 1879.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

Angas, G.F. 1871. Description of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 13-21

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 [M31]

Huber, M. 2010. Corbula smithiana Brazier, 1880. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505837 (Accessed on 2017-06-08)

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. [464]

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 [26]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]

History of changes

• Corbula taitensis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [139].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Island of Taheite, Pacific Ocean.
• Corbula modesta Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [57].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1967953, Philippine Islands and Malacca.
• Aloidis modesta Reeve, 1843.
• Corbula tahitensis Hanley, 1843.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Anisocorbula) taheitensis Lamarck, 1818.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine, mud, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 350 m.

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Corbula taitensis. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505867 (Accessed on 2017-06-08)

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [190]

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Corbula. pls 1-2 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 2] (sp. 15 as Corbula taheitensis , sp. 14 as Corbula modesta)

History of changes

• Corbula tunicata Hinds, R.B. 1843. On new species of Corbula and Potamomya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 55-59 [55] (original not seen).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1967938, Island of Corrigidor, Philippines.
• Notocorbula vicaria Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June] [404, pl. 65, figs 8, 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57830, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales [33°51'S, 151°13'58.8"E].
• Notocorbula stolata Iredale, 1930.
• Aloidis tunicata Reeve, 1843.
• Notocorbula vicaria Iredale, 1930.

Generic Combinations

• Corbula (Notocorbula) stolata (Iredale, 1930).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Corbula (Notocorbula) tunicata Hinds, 1843.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 5 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. [352] (as Aloides vicaria)

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [109]

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [181] (as Corbula vicaria)

Hinds, R.B. 1845. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1836-42. London : Smith, Elder & Co. 2 vols. [68]

Huber, M. 2010. Corbula tunicata Reeve, 1843. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505880 (Accessed on 2017-06-08)

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. [467]

Iredale, T. 1930. More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407 [Date published 27 June]

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 [27]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [192]

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate I-II in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 5, pl. 1, fig. 5]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [29]

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. [352, fig. 9] (Swollen Little Basket Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [181, pl. 513] (Little Basket Shell)

History of changes