Species Ephippodonta lunata (Tate, 1887)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Scintilla lunata Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [69, pl. 4, fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.12908, Edithburgh, St Vincent Gulf, South Australia. - Ephippodonta turnbullae Buick, W.G. & W.M. Bowden 1951. A new South Australian shell. South Australian Naturalist 26: 5–6 [6, text fig.].
Generic Combinations
- Ephippodonta (Ephippodonta) lunata (Tate, 1887). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150, fig. 383] (subgeneric arrangement) - Ephippodonta lunata (Tate, 1887). —
Tate, R. 1889. Descriptions of some new species of marine Mollusca from South Australia and Victoria. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 60-66, pl. 11 [Date published April] [63]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks or in shrimp burrows
General References
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. The Molluscs of South Australia. Part 1. The Pelecypoda. Adelaide : Government Printer 314 pp. [Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia] [221]
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] [113, 473, 4 text figs; on CD]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150]
Middelfart, P. 2005. Review of Ephippodonta sensu lato (Galeommatidae: Bivalvia), with descriptions of new related genera and species from Australia. Molluscan Research 25(3): 129-144 [130-134, figs 1A–G, 2A–K, 3A–C]
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 | GALEOMMATOIDEA | 09-May-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 05-May-2011 | MODIFIED |