Species Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Crassatella donacina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [481] [non var. b; Crassatella donacina nomen nudum].

  Type data:

   Holotype Shark Bay, Western Australia.
• Crassatella castanea Reeve, L. 1842. Monograph of Crassatella, a genus of acephalous mollusks (family Mactracea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 42-46 [42].
• Eucrassatella kingicola verconis Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [271] [original reference seen].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.1412 dry, St. Vincents Gulf, South Australia, Australia [35°0‘S, 138°0‘E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

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

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. [645]

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

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2005. Another bloody bivalve: anatomy and relationships of Eucrassatella donacina from south western Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Crassatellidae). pp. 261-288 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum.

 

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, fig. 1] (Smooth 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