Species Carditellopsis elegantula (Tate & May, 1901)

Elegant Carditella

Compiler and date details

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

Carditella elegantula Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [463, text fig. 14].
Type data:
Holotype TMH 7426/E85, Blackman's Bay, Tasmania.
Hamacuna radiata Laseron, C. 1953. Minute bivalves from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2): 33-54 [36, figs 6, 6a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.90553, NSW, off Long Reef, Collaroy, Sydney, 26 m [33°45'S, 151°19'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

Carditellopsis elegantula (Tate & May, 1901). —
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 [17]
Choniocardia (Carditellopsis) elegantula (Tate & May, 1901). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [240, fig. 719]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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.

General References

Gatliff, J.H. 1907. Additions to the Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 20(1): 31-37 [37]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [240, fig. 719]

Middelfart, P. 2002. Revision of the Australian Cuninae sensu lato (Bivalvia: Carditoidea: Condylocardiidae). Zootaxa 112: 1-124 [112] (synonomy)

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] [352]

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-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
		24-Feb-2011	MODIFIED