Species Donax (Plebidonax) deltoides Lamarck, 1818
Eugarie, Goolwa Cockle, Pipi
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Status unknown, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Donax (Plebidonax) deltoides Lamarck, 1818. —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [106, pl. 51, fig. 378]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, sand.
General 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. [344, pl. 39, fig. 7]
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] [283-284, fig. 312]
Healy, J.M., Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Sperm ultrastructure in Hemidonax pictus (Hemidonacidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca): comparison with other heterodonts, especially Cardiidae, Donacidae and Crassatelloidea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(2): 325-347 (included in comparisons)
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. [319, 686, CD: line 10570]
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 [25]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [106, pl. 51, fig. 378]
Murray-Jones, S.E. & Ayre, D.J. 1997. High levels of gene flow in the surf bivalve Donax deltoides (Bivalvia: Donacidae) on the east coast of Australia. Marine Biology 128(1): 83-89
O'Connor, W.A. & O'Connor, S.J. 2011. Early ontogeny of the pipi, Donax (Plebidonax) deltoides (Donacidae; Bivalvia). Molluscan Research 31(1): 53-56
Rosenberg, G. 2014. Donax deltoides Lamarck, 1818. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494701 (Accessed on 2015-02-23)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [199, pl. 558] (For Donax deltoides) (Pipi)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [72, pl. 73B] (Eugarie, Goolwa Cockle)
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 | TELLINOIDEA | 19-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
23-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |