Species Eucrassatella cumingii (Adams, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Crassatella cumingii Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852(20): 90-92 [90, pl. 16, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype Moreton Bay, Qld, Australia [paratype].
• Eucrassatella genuina Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [271, pl. 20, fig. 4] [original reference seen].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60602 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51‘S, 151°13‘58.8"E].
• Eucrassatella cumingii baxteri Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [272] [original reference seen].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.6883 dry, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia [31°32'56.4"S, 159°3'43.2"E].
• Eucrassatella cumingii wardiana Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [271] [original reference seen; Darra, 1964 considers Eucarssatella cumingi wardiana to be a subspecies of Eucrassatella cumingi cumingi].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.58354 dry, Torres Strait, Friday Island, Queensland, Australia [10°36'S, 142°10'1.2"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Eucrassatella cumingii (Adams, 1854).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Crassatellites cumingiana auct. [new combination]. —
  Shirley, J. 1911. Additions to the marine Mollusca of Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 93-102 [95]
• Eucrassatella cumingi cumingi auct. Adams, 1854. —
  Darragh, T.A. 1964. A preliminary revision of the living species of Eucrassatella (Pelecypoda: Crassatellidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(8): 3-9 [8]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

LHI added from Australian Museum Sydney mollusc collection records

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

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 90 m

 

General References

Darragh, T.A. 1964. A preliminary revision of the living species of Eucrassatella (Pelecypoda: Crassatellidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(8): 3-9 [8, pl. 2, figs 6, 9]

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. [241, 645]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [16]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [58]

 

Common Name 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. [304] (Cuming's Crassatella)

 

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		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CRASSATELLOIDEA	16-Mar-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		16-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		19-Feb-2013	MODIFIED