Species Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mytilus alacorvi Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [322].
• Avicula costellata Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [149].
• Avicula linguatula Deshayes, G.P. 1830. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 2, Part 1 i-vii, 256 pp. [104].
• Meleagrina ovata Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [459, t. 97, fig. 12, 13].
• Meleagrina tongana Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [460, t. 77, fig. 14, 15].
• Avicula livida Deshayes, G.P. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 7 735 pp. [103].
• Avicula atropurpurea Dunker, W. 1852. Aviculacea nova. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 9: 73-80 [76] [Huber (2010) lists this as a probable synonym of Electroma alacorvi].
• Avicula spadicea Dunker, W. 1852. Aviculacea nova. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 9: 73-80 [73].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Margaritifera semiaurita Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [11].
• Avicula pulchella Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Philippines.
• Avicula smaragdina Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 12].
• Avicula rutila Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 8].
• Avicula malleoides Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 12].
• Avicula meleagridis Dunker, W. 1869. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer pp. 121-126, pls 40-42.
• Electroma tragulata Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [332].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.60341, Great Barrier Reef, 0.25 ml north of North Direction Isle, QLd [14°43‘58.8‘S 145°31‘1.2‘E].
• Electroma pygmaea Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [373].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.60342, Port Douglas, QLD [16°31‘58.8‘S 145°28‘58.8‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Electroma (Electroma) alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817).
• Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817).
• Electroma (Electroma) malleoides (Reeve, 1857).
• Electroma (Electroma) ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834).
• Electroma ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [170]
• Pteria pulchella (Reeve, 1857). —
  Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [190] (changed combination of synonym; non Reeve, 1857)
• Electroma smaragdina (Reeve, 1857).
• Avicula (Meleagrina) smaragdina (Reeve, 1857). —
  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 [284]
• Avicula smaragdina (Reeve, 1857). —
  Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [113]
• Electroma (Electroma) spadicea (Dunker, 1852).

 

Introduction

Huber (2010) gives the following additional synonyms:

Avicula cornea Dunker, 1852 - No locality
Avicula japonica Dunker, 1852 - Japan
Avicula flammata Reeve, 1857 - Philippines
Avicula electrina Reeve, 1857 - Maluku
Avicula cochenhauseni Dunker, 1872 - China

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral habitat; attached to coral, gorgonians, sea whips or seagrasses

 

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. [261] (as Electroma smaragdina)

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [100, fig. 239] (as Electroma (Electroma) alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817); 100, fig. 240 as Electroma (Electroma) spadicea (Dunker, 1852); 100, fig.241 as Electroma (Electroma) ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834); 102, fig. 245 as Electroma (Electroma) malleoides (Reeve, 1857))

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155, pl. 20, fig. H] (as Electroma (Electroma) alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817))

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [883, fig. 17] (as Electroma (Electroma) ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [63] (as Electroma (Electroma) alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817))

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 (as Electroma (Electroma) spadicea (Dunker, 1852))

Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [113]

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 [284] (as Electroma (Electroma) ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))

Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y. & Kato, M. 2011. Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 97-104 (as Electroma (Electroma) ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))

 

Common Name 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. [261] (Smaragdina Little Wing Shell)

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	28-Jul-2014	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	27-Jun-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED