Species Curvemysella paula (A. Adams, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pythina paula Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina), from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(xxiv): 47-53 [47].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1987706, Raimes Island, Torres Strait.
• Pythina peculiarus Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina), from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(xxiv): 47-53 [47].

 

Generic Combinations

• Curvemysella paula (A. Adams, 1856).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Aden, Hong Kong, Red Sea, Tropical Indo-West Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sandy mud, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

50(73)m; byssally attached inside gastropods, occupied by hermit crabs, as Spiropagurus spiriger or Diogenes edwardsii

 

General References

Goto, R., Y. Hamamura & M. Kato 2007. Obligate commensalism of Curvemysella paula (Bivalvia: Galeommatidae) with hermit crabs. Marine Biology 151(5): 1615-1622

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] [158, 535, 5 text figs; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [160, fig. 431]

Morton, B. & Scott, P.H. 1989. The Hong Kong Galeommatacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and their hosts, with descriptions of new species. Asian Marine Biology 6: 129-160 [146-147, pl. 2, fig 17]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [111]

 

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	GALEOMMATOIDEA	22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED