General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [325-326]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [126] (Carditoidea, comprising Carditidae and Condylocardiidae, split from Crasstelloidea)

Healy J.M. 1995. Sperm ultrastructure in the marine bivalve families Carditidae and Crassatellidae and its bearing on unification of the Crassatelloidea with the Carditoidea. Zoologica Scripta 24: 21-28

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. [239]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [166-185]

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] [N562]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2005. Another bloody bivalve: anatomy and relationships of Eucrassatella donacina from south western Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Crassatellidae). pp. 261-288 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. (systematics of families in Crassatelloidea)

Yonge, C.M. 1969. Functional morphology and evolution within the Carditacea (Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38: 493-527

History of changes

• Astartidae d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840) [Astartidae is in prevailing usage, and is conserved under Art. 40.2 of the ICZN with the priority of Crassinidae J. Gray, 1840. Astartidae is thus maintained and retains its own author and date (the first date cited), but takes the priority of the replaced name; the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Crassinidae J. Gray, 1840; see Bieler et al. (2010: 20)].

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [327-328]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184

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. [246-248]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [172-175]

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] [N562]

History of changes

History of changes

• Astarte Sowerby, J. 1816. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals of shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(Part 25) pp. 85-100, pls 139-150. [vols 1-4 by J. Sowerby, vols 5-7 by the son J. de C. Sowerby; for a collation of the work see E.R. Sykes (1906), Proc. Malac. Soc. London 7: 191-194] [85, pl. 137].

  Type species:

   Venus scotica Maton & Rackett, 1807 by original designation.
• Crassina 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. [554] [objective synonym].

  Type species:

   Crassina danmoniensis Lamarck, 1819 by monotypy.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

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] [N562]

History of changes

• Astarte antarctica Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [229-230, pl. 18, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB Moll 63.105a Right valve, 6.8 mm (Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903), Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 385 m [66°02'09"S, 89°38'05"E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [54, pl. 9, fig. 3].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly circum-Antarctic: Weddell Sea; Enderby Land; Davis Sea; Ross Sea

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

History of changes

• Astarte longirostra d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale. [567, pl. 83, figs 19-22].
• Astarte magellanica Smith, E.A. 1881. An account of the zoological collections made during the survey of H.M.S. "Alert", in the Strait of Magellan, and on the coast of Patagonia: Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 22-44 pl. 3 [41, pl. 5, fig. 7].
• Astarte antarctica Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [229, pl. 18, fig. 8].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum-antarctic

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 870 m

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [57-58, figs 101-102] (as A. longirostris and A. antarctica)

Huber, M. 2010. Astarte longirostra d'Orbigny, 1842. De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). 2011-03-15. http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197051

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. [247]

History of changes

• Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [126]
• 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.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CARDITIDAE: Cardita bicolor Lamarck, 1819 [original combination; see Cardites bicolor (Lamarck, 1819)] — Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [23]

CARDITIDAE: Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758) [Australian records refer to Cardita aviculina Lamarck, 1819] — 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. (named applied to Mediterranean and North Atlantic bivalves)

CARDITIDAE: Cardita castanea Deshayes, 1854 — Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Cardita, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 20 for 1852: 100-103 [“received from the printer” 23 May, 1854] [102, pl. 17, fig. 11] (original combination; see Cardites castanea (Deshayes, 1854))

CARDITIDAE: Cardita jukesii Deshayes, 1854 — Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Cardita, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 20 for 1852: 100-103 [“received from the printer” 23 May, 1854] [101, pl. 17, fig. 14] (original combination with type locality given as "Hab. Australia"); 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. [654] (listed as synonym of Cardites rufus (Deshayes in Laborde & Linant 1830) which is restricted to Red Sea; type locality corrected accordingly to the Red Sea)

CARDITIDAE: Cardita lutea Hutton, 1880 [original combination; see Venericardia lutea (Hutton, 1880)] — Hutton, F.W. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 224 pp. [159]

CARDITIDAE: Cardites bicolor (Lamarck, 1819) [Australian records are misidentifications; Huber (2010) treats this as a valid species, but not recorded from Australia] — Lamy, M.E. 1916. Notes sur les espèces rangées par Lamarck dans les genres Venericardia et Cardita. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 22(1 & 2): 50-58, 115-121 [57] (misidentification); Oliver, P.G. 1982. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Parts 8 & 9. Carditacea and Crassatellacea. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales pp. 1-10 (pt. 8); pp. 1-6 (pt. 9). [7] (misidentification); 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.

CARDITIDAE: Cardites castanea (Deshayes, 1854) — 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. [654] (Huber reports that although this species was described from Australia it has never been recognised in Australia; Cardita castanea Deshayes, 1854 listed as a synonym of Cardites rufus (Deshayes in Laborde & Linant 1830) which is restricted to Red Sea; type locality originally given as “Hab. Australia” by Deshayes (1954), but has now been corrected to the Red Sea)

CARDITIDAE: Cardites Link, 1807 — 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. (there are no species of Cardites listed as from Australia)

CARDITIDAE: Venericardia lutea (Hutton, 1880) [synonym of New Zealand endemic Pleuromeris zelandica (G.P. Deshayes 1854)] — Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338-361 [Date published December] [351] (misidentification; see Huber (2010)); 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.

CARDITIDAE: Venericardia megastropha Gray, 1825 [listed by Huber (2010) as Strophocardia megastropha (J.E. Gray 1825), restricted to Panamic province, central America] — Hanley, S.C.T. 1842. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of recent bivalve shells. London : Williams & Norgate 144 pp. [129] (listed as “New Holland ?”; misidentification); 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.

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [322-324]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [126]

Bouchet, P. 2011. Carditidae Férussac, 1822. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22997 (Accessed on 2017-06-01)

Hain, S. 1985. Beitrage zur Morphologie, Systematik, Zoogeographie umd Phylogenie der familie Carditidae (Bivalvia). Diplomarbeit am Fachbereich Biligie der Philipps-Univ. Marburg (Lahn) 1985: 1-352

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. [249, 652]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 25 text]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [176-179]

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] [N548]

History of changes

History of changes

• Centrocardita Sacco, F. 1899. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVII. Torino : Carlo Clausen 102 pp., 14 pls. [14].

  Type species:

   Chama aculeata Poli, 1795 by original designation.

Introduction

Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) identified Centrocardita cf. hirasei (Dall, 1918) (as Glans (Centrocardita) cf hirasei Dall, 1918) from Australia, which may represent an undescribed species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [756]

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. [656]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [56] (pl. 26, fig. 165)

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] [N551]

History of changes

• Cardita rosulenta Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [69, pl. 5, fig. 3; 100, no. 114].

Generic Combinations

• Venericardia rosulenta (Tate, 1887).
• Centrocardita rosulenta (Tate, 1887).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• "Venericardia" rosulenta Tate, 1887. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 26, fig. 169]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, 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. [256]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [56]

History of changes

• Cardita squamigera Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Title not known. Mag. Zool. Guérin 1831. [pl. 10].
• Cardita cardioides Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Cardita. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [fig. 49].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

Generic Combinations

• Venericardia cardioides (Reeve, 1843).
• Glans squamigera (Deshayes, 1854).
• Centrocardita squamigera (Deshayes, 1832).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• "Venericardia" cardioides Reeve, 1843. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [56, pl. 26, fig. 166]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

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. [657] (restricts Australian occurence to Cape Jaubert, WA, and synonymises cardioides)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 26, fig. 166] (as "Venericardia" cardioides)

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [24]

Oliver, P.G. 1982. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Parts 8 & 9. Carditacea and Crassatellacea. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales pp. 1-10 (pt. 8); pp. 1-6 (pt. 9). [5]

History of changes

• Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

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] [N551]

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] [N551]

History of changes