Species Frigidocardium iris Huber & ter Poorten, 2007

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Frigidocardium iris Huber, M. & J.J. ter Poorten 2007. Frigidocardium iris n. sp., a striking species from the Central Indo-Pacific, compared with Frigidocardium exasperatum (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Visaya 2(2): 104-111.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Nemocardium (Microcardium) exasperatum (Sowerby, 1838) [misidentification]. —
Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [67, pl. 4, figs 18-19]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific: Philippines to northern Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Sublittoral, 40-200 m, fine sandy bottoms

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. [307, CD: line 10264]

Huber, M. & J.J. ter Poorten 2007. Frigidocardium iris n. sp., a striking species from the Central Indo-Pacific, compared with Frigidocardium exasperatum (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Visaya 2(2): 104-111

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [70, fig. 220]

ter Poorten, J.J. & Bouchet, P. 2014. Frigidocardium iris Huber & ter Poorten, 2007. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381557 (Accessed on 2015-01-30)

Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [67, pl. 4, figs 14-19, text fig. 9]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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	CARDIIDAE	21-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		14-Feb-2014	MODIFIED