Species Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Avicula papilionacea Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [149].
Type data:
Status unknown, Habite les mers de la Nouvelle Hollande. [Inhabits the seas of Australia]. - Avicula scalpta 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. 11, fig. 38].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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. [605 and CD-ROM line 4559]
Generic Combinations
- Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819).
- Electroma (Electroma) papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819).
- Pteria papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819). —
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [439] - Electroma (Electroma) scalpta (Reeve, 1857).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Electroma punctulata non Reeve, 1857 [misidentification; is Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819)]. —
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] [76, fig. 66]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 20 m, byssally attached to sea whips and weed
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 punctulata (Reeve, 1857), which is a misidentification)
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] [76-77, fig. 66]] (as Electroma punctulata (Reeve, 1857), which is a mis-identification)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [100, fig. 244] (as Electroma (Electroma) papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819); 100 as Electroma (Electroma) scalpta (Reeve, 1857))
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [255-256]
Tëmkin, I. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(342): 1-28
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) |
| 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 | 13-Sep-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 |