Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type species:
Donax rugosa Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [187] (Schumacher (1817) Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés: 144, is occasionally cited (e.g. by Moore) as having selected Donax rugosa Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species, but this is not a valid designation under Art. 67.5. Children (1823) Quarterly Journal of Science...: 307-308, designated Donax scortum Linnaeus, but this was not an originally included species. See also Donacites).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [106, pl. 51]
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N628]
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 | TELLINOIDEA | 19-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 23-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |