Species Dosinia (Asa) caerulea (Reeve, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Artemis caerulea Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Artemis. pls 1-10 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl. 4, fig. 25].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tasmania.
• Dosinia coryne Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(23): 221-226 [221].
• Dosinia cydippe Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(23): 221-226 [221].
• Dosinia diana Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii [418].
• Dosinia immaculata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [155] [junior homonym; not Dosinia immaculata Lamarck, 1818].

 

Generic Combinations

• Dosinia caerulea (Reeve, 1850). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [148, pl. 72, fig. 579]
• Dosinia (Asa) caerulea (Reeve, 1850). —
  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. [412] (also on CD; new combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 37 m

 

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] [246] (as Dosinia diana)

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. [412] (also on CD)

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 [21]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [148, pl. 72, fig. 579] (p. 146, pl. 71, fig.566 as Dosinia diana)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [340]

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [78, pl. 79F] (Blue-tinged Dosinia)

 

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	VENEROIDEA	12-Oct-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		02-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED