Species Lepidolucina venusta (Philippi, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lucina venusta Philippi, R.A. 1847. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 2 pp. 153-232. [206, pl. 1, fig. 2].
• Lucina (Myrtea) layardii Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(23): 221-226 [226].
• Lucina (Myrtea) strangei Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(23): 221-226 [226].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Queensland.
• Codakia golikovi Zorina, I.P. 1978. New species of bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia) of the Gulf of Tonkin (South China Sea). Trudy-Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad 61: 193-203 [196].

 

Generic Combinations

• Codakia strangei (Adams, 1856). —
  Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [142]
• Myrtea venusta (Philippi, 1847). —
  Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [266]
• Lepidolucina venusta (Philippi, 1847). —
  Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [142, fig. 21A, B, E-H]
• Myrtea (Myrtea) venusta (Philippi, 1847). —
  Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181
• Phacoides (Lucinisca) venustus (Philippi, 1847). —
  Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [142]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific, from India to Quenesland, Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, in sandy mud, intertidal, mangroves, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 20m; sandy slopes with coral and seagrass.

 

General References

Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [142-144, fig. 21A, B, E-H]

Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [266]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [on CD]

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	LUCINOIDEA	30-May-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		10-May-2011	MODIFIED