Species Glossocardia obesa (Reeve, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypricardia obesa Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Cypricardia. pls 1-2 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [sp. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1952.10.10.7.8., no locality.

 

Generic Combinations

• Trapezium (Glossocardia) obesa (Reeve, 1843). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [122, pl. 59, fig. 446]
• Glossocardia obesa (Reeve, 1843).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Glossocardia stoliczkana Prashad, 1932. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [120, pl. 59, 446] (treated as a synonym of Trapezium (Glossocardia) obesa (Reeve, 1843))
  Matsukuma, A. & Habe, T. 1995. Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia). In, Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 75-106 (treats Glossocardia stoliczkana Prashad, 1932 as a valid species; not recorded from Australia)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; Coral Sea Territory added from Australian Museum reference collection records

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [67]

Huber, M. 2010. Glossocardia obesa. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504755 (Accessed on 2017-06-06)

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. [357, 708]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [122, pl. 59, fig. 446] (as Trapezium (Glossocardia) obesa (Reeve, 1843))

Matsukuma, A. & Habe, T. 1995. Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia). In, Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 75-106 [92]

Mienis, H.K. & Rittner, O. 2016. Glossocardia obesa and Glossocardia stoliczkana from the Gulf of Aqaba (Bivalvia, Trapezidae). Triton 33: 3-6

Solem, A. 1954. Living species of the pelecypod family Trapeziidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 31: 64-84 [73-74]

 

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-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	06-Apr-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	GLOSSOIDEA	12-Jul-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		30-Mar-2011	MOVED
		22-Mar-2011	MODIFIED