Species Estellacar saga Iredale, 1939

Museums

Regional Maps

• Estellacar saga 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 [288] [pl. III, figs 22, 22a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60308 dry, Port Curtis, off Gatcombe Head, Queensland, Australia [23°53‘60‘S 151°22‘1.2‘E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Striarca olivacea (Reeve, 1844) [of Australian authors, non Reeve, 1844; = Arca olivacea Reeve, 1844]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64, sp. 100]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Shelly bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow water Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers pp. 1–288..

 

General References

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. [576]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate III-XVII in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. xvi, species 113] (The Olive-Coloured Ark)

 

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)
03-Sep-2012		21-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)