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Species Calloarca (Barbarca) tenella (Reeve, 1844)

The Delicate Ark


Compiler and date details

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

August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Middleton & Elizabeth Reefs, Coral Sea and general Indo-West Pacific distribution according to the Australian Museum Sydney collection


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached by byssus to coral rock in reef areas.

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate III-XVII in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. (species 91; used for the available name Arca tenella) (The Delicate Ark)

 

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)
28-Jul-2014 28-Jul-2014 MOVED
28-Aug-2012 28-Aug-2012 MOVED
07-Aug-2012 14-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 01-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
15-Sep-2010 MODIFIED