Species Dianadema multangularis (Tate, 1887)
Multi-angled Tube Shell, Tube Clavagella
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Aspergillum multangulare Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [64, pl. 4, 4a-b].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D 13172, Holdfast Bay, St. Vincents Gulf, South Australia. - Aspergillum (Humphreyia) liratum Tate, R. 1887. The Lamellibranchs of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 142-189 [184, pl. 19, fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype T.323, Adelaide Bore, Kent Town, Adelaide, S.A.
Generic Combinations
- Humphreyia multangularis (Tate, 1887). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [15] - Clavagella (Clavagella) multangularis (Tate, 1887). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [220] - Clavagella (Dianadema) multangularis (Tate, 1887).
- Dianademna multangularis (Tate, 1887).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Throughout range, from 2 m-250m; attached to rocks or dead shells by the disc.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [157, fig. 150]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [15] (as Humphreyia multangularis)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [220, fig. 651]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [401, fig. 472] (as Dacosta multangularis)
Smith, B.J. 1971. A revision of the family Clavagellidae (Pelecypoda, Mollusca) from Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2: 135-161 [137, pl. 10, figs 1-3]
Smith, B.J. 1976. Revision of the Recent species of the family Clavagellidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3: 187-208 [188, fig. 3]
Common Name 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. [301] (Tube Clavagella)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [401] (as Dacosta multangularis) (Multi-angled Tube Shell)
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 | PHOLADOMYIDA | 22-Aug-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 22-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | 04-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 14-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |