Species Electroma virens (Lamarck, 1819)
- Avicula virens Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [150].
Type data:
Holotype "Habite les mers de la Nouvelle Hollande , à la côte de la terre d'Endraeth [d'Eendracht]" [Inhabits the seas of Australia and Eendracht Land].
Comment: Eendracht Land is the region of the West Australian coast between 21 deg and 25 deg south. - Avicula georgiana 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. [457, t. 77, figs 10-11].
Type data:
Status unknown, King George Sound, Western Australia. - Avicula hyalina Dunker, W. 1852. Aviculacea nova. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 9: 73-80 [75].
- Avicula punctulata 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, fig. 42].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Electroma (Electroma) georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [100] - Electroma punctulata (Reeve, 1857). —
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] - Electroma virens (Lamarck, 1819).
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
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Range from AMS collection: Port Sephens, NSW, southwards around southern Australia and Tasmania to Shark Bay, WA.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
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, text fig. 2] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Angas, G.F. 1867. On a new genus and some new species of marine Mollusca from Port Jackson, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 908-935, pl. 44 [930] (as Avicula pulchella)
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] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Garrard, T.A. 1969. Amendments to Iredale and McMichael's "Reference List of the Marine Mollusca of New South Wales". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(12): 3-17 [4] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M7] (as Avicula pulchella)
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] (as Pteria pulchella)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [100] (as Electroma (Electroma) georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [231] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [296-298, fig. 338] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [9] (as Pteria pulchella)
May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 2, fig. 15] (as Pteria pulchella)
Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [85, text fig.] (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Poore, G.C.B. 1982. Benthic communities of the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(5): 901-915 (as Electroma georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
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 | 07-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) |
| PTERIOIDEA | 03-Apr-2013 | ADDED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |