Species Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus tigerina Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [688].
• Lucina exasperata Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Lucina. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [sp. 4].
• Lucina (Codakia) tumida Preston, H.B. 1906. Descriptions of new species of marine Pelecypoda from the Philippine Islands. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 41: 72-73 (non Reeve, 1850).

 

Generic Combinations

• Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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 [134]
• Codakia (Codakia) tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 19]
• Lentillaria tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [309]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Tuamotos, French Polynesia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, lagoon, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 30m; deeply burrowed (up to 15cm) in coral sand, also in Thalassia seagrass beds

 

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 [134, figs 14D-F; 15C]

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] [86, 2 text figs; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [42]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [100] (pl.19)

Taylor, J. 2010. Codakia tigerina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215835 (Accessed on 2015-12-29)

Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2006. Lucinidae (Bivalvia) – the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148(3): 421-438 (included in review)

 

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. [309] (as Lentillaria tigerina) (Giant Or Red-lipped Codakia)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [p.56, pl.57D] (Tiger Lucine)

 

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		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	LUCINOIDEA	30-May-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		30-May-2011	MODIFIED
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED