Genus Enigmonia Iredale, 1918

Museums

Regional Maps

• Enigmonia Iredale, T. 1918. Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions-No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 13(1-2): 28-40 [28, 31] [replacement name; new name for Aenigma Koch in Martini & Chemnitz, 1846, not Aenigma Newman, 1836].
• Aenigma Koch, C.L. 1846. Aenigma Koch. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz edn 2, 7(1): 61-64 [61] [junior homonym; not Aenigma Neuman, 1836 (Coleoptera)].

  Type species:

   Anomia rosea Gray, 1825 (= Anomia aenigmatica Holten, 1803) by subsequent designation, see 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 [405] (by typification of replacement name by Iredale 1918).

 

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.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Beu, A.G. 1967. Notes on Australasian Anomiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 225-243 [227-228]

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.

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 [405]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [128]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N383]

Sigurdson, J.B. & G. Sundari 1990. Colour changes in the shell of the tree-climbing bivalve Enigmonia aenigmatica (Holten, 1802)(Anomiidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 38(2): 213-218

Yonge, C.M. 1977. Form and evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bilvalvia) - Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placunidae Fam. Nov). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 276: 950

 

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)
14-Jun-2013		14-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
25-Nov-2010		25-Nov-2010	MOVED
		24-Nov-2010	MODIFIED