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
- Arca tenella 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. [pl. XIV, fig. 91].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1969184. - Opularca tenella egenora 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 [269, pl. III, figs 2, 2a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.60287 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, North West Island, Queensland, Australia [23°18‘0‘S 151°41‘60‘E].
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. [131, text fig.; 561] (Huber also lists the additional synonym: Calloarca (Barbarca) hua Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Generic Combinations
- Calloarca (Barbarca) tenella (Reeve, 1844). —
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. [131, text fig.; 561] - Barbatia (Barbaca) tenella (Reeve, 1844). —
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [36] - Arca (Barbatia) tenella (Reeve, 1844). —
Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [624] - Barbatia (Calloarca) tenella (Reeve, 1844). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [50, fig. 67]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Middleton & Elizabeth Reefs, Coral Sea and general Indo-West Pacific distribution according to the Australian Museum Sydney collection
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.
General References
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 [269]
Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [524, fig. 16] (synonymy)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [50, fig. 67]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [36, pl. 2]
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)
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
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) |
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 |