Species Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Cytherea ponderosa Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [130, pl. 15, fig. 1] [non Koch in Philippi 1844].
- Venus lusoria Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [180].
- Cytherea formosa Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1851. Monographs of the genera Mereo, Cytheraea, Circe. 611-646, pls 127-136 in Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 (12). [620, pl. 129, fig. 47] [Sowerby Jnr. in Sowerby 1851].
Generic Combinations
- Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Andaman and Nicobar, East China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Thailand, Hong Kong, East India, Indonesia, Japan, Moluccas, Philippines, Singapore, South China; Indo-Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 20m (Japan).
General References
Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. 1905. Liste des mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 85-234 [216]
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [281-90]
Shirley, J. 1913. Additions to the Marine Mollusca of Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 55-56 [55]
Yoosukh, W. & Matsukama, A. 2001. Taxonomic study on Meretrix (Molllusca: Bivalvia) from Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 25(2): 451-460 [451]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | VENEROIDEA | 12-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
14-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |