Species Megacardita nodulosa (Lamarck, 1819)

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Species Megacardita nodulosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Compiler and date details

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

Cardita nodulosa Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [25].
Cardita rubida Clessin S. 1888. Die Familie der Carditaceen. In, Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 17-60, pls 6-13 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 10. [47, pl. 11, figs 9-10].
Cardita marmorea 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. [pl. 3, fig.12].

Generic Combinations

Megacardita nodulosa (Lamarck, 1819).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW and NE Australia accorning to Huber (2010)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Delessert, B. 1841. Recueil de coquilles décrites par Lamarck dans son Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres et non encore figurées. Paris : Fortin 2 pp. + 40 pls with unnumbered plate explanations + 3 pp. [pl. 11, fig. 8]

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. [257]

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 [116]

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). [1]

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	28-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CRASSATELLOIDEA	15-Mar-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		14-Mar-2011	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		14-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED

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