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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

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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]

King, M.G. 1976. The life-history of the Goolwa cockle, Donax (Plebidonax) deltoides,(Bivalvia: Donacidae), on an ocean beach, South Australia. Fisheries Branch, South Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Internal Report (85). 16 pp.

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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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