Species Easmithia desiderata (Smith, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lucina (Loripes) desiderata Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [185, pl. 13, figs 10-10a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, stn 188, south of New Guinea, in 28 fathoms, green mud.
• Myrtea desiderata Smith, 1885.
• Lucina desiderata E.A. Smith, 1885.

 

Generic Combinations

• Myrtea desiderata (Smith, 1885). —
  Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [428]
• Myrtea (Myrtea) desiderata (Smith, 1885).
• Easmithia desiderata (Smith, 1885).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea; Solomons from Australian Museum reference collection records

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Bouchet, P. 2016. Easmithia desiderata (E. A. Smith, 1885). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887797 (Accessed on 2017-06-09)

Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2016. Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia). in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208. pp. 65-234.

Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [428]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts]

 

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		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	LUCINOIDEA	02-Jun-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		02-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		10-May-2011	MODIFIED