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Species Crenatula picta (Gmelin, 1791)


Compiler and date details

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

Generic Combinations

  • Crenatula picta (Gmelin, 1791).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral reef, attached to sponges

 

General 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. [240] (as Crenatula nigrina Lamarck, 1819)

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 [155] (as Crenatula viridis Lamarck, 1819)

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.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [327] (As Crenatula modiolaris)

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [327] (as Crenatula nigrina Lamarck, 1819)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [108, fig. 263] (as Crenatula modiolaris Lamarck, 1819; and 108, fig. 264 as Crenatula viridis Lamarck, 1819; and 108, fig. 265 as Crenatula nigrina Lamarck, 1819; and 108, fig. 266 as Crenatula flammea Reeve, 1858)

Morton, B. 1988. Partnerships in the sea: Hong Kong's marine symbioses. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press pp. 1-124. [106-107]

Reid, R.G.B. & Porteous, S. 1980. Aspects of the functional morphology and digestive physiology of Vulsella vulsella (Linné) and Crenatula modiolaris (Lamarck), bivalvies associated with sponges. pp. 291-310 in Morton, B. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press pp.1-345.

 

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 PTERIOIDEA 28-Jul-2014 MOVED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014 PTERIOIDEA 12-Mar-2013 MOVED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014 12-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
11-Aug-2014 17-Nov-2010 ADDED
17-Nov-2010 MODIFIED