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Species Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Olivi, 1792

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Species Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Olivi, 1792

Compiler and date details

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

Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Olivi G. 1792. Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Venecia : Bassano pp. i-ix, 334, 9 pls.
Corbula nucleus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [496].
Type data:
Status unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

CLEMAM 2011. Chreson X=24127. http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/biotaxis.php (additional synonymy)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Normal distribution from north Norway to Senegal, Africa

Australian Endemic.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

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. [468]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [194]

Pisarovic, A., Meixner, V.Ž, Benc, S. 2000. A contribution to the knowledge of bivalve Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) behaviour, oxygen consumption and anaerobic metabolism. Periodicum Biologorum 102(3): 303-307

Talman, S.G. & Keough, M.J. 2001. The impact of an exotic clam, Corbula gibba, on the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus, in Port Phillip Bay, south-east Australia: evidence of resource-restricted growth in a subtidal environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 221: 135-143

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)
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	MYIDA	30-Jul-2014	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014	MYIDA	03-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		10-Mar-2011	MODIFIED