Species Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chama limbula Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [95].
• Chama aeruginosa Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [95].
• Chama producta Broderip, W.J. 1835. On the genus Chama Brug. with descriptions of some species apparently not hitherto characterized. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1: 301-306, pls 38-39.
• Chama iostoma Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia series 1 7(2): 227-268 [256].
• Chama nivalis Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 4, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Northern Australia.
• Chama buelowiana Clessin S. 1889. Die Familie der Chamiden. 56 in Kuster, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [34, pl. 15, fig. 2].
• Chama porosa Clessin S. 1889. Die Familie der Chamiden. 56 in Kuster, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [45, pl. 18, fig. 3,4] [original reference seen].
• Chama limbata Paetel, F. 1890. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Die Land- und Süsswasser-Gastropoden. Berlin : Gebrüder Paetel Vol. Abt. 2 xii, 505 pp. [122].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Hawaii)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Cemented to substrate; intertidal - 20 (100) m; exposed beaches, attached in tide pools, reef flats and coral reefs, cemented to rocks and corals by right or left valve

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [161]

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. [283, 676; CD: line 9506]

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 [18]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [52, pl. 24, fig. 151a & 151b]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [105]

Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2012. Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208495 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [308, fig. 3] (Snowball Chama, Violet-mouth Chama)

 

History of changes

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)
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	CHAMOIDEA	01-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		19-Apr-2011	MODIFIED