Species Fulvia (Fulvia) aperta (Bruguière, 1789)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium apertum Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Histoire Naturelle des Ver. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par de matieres. Historie Naturelle des Vers et Mollusques 1: 1-150, pls 1-95 [226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC BIV 42, Jamaica.
• Cardium hians Spengler, K. 1799. Over den toskallede Slaegt Cardium. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. Kjøbenhavn 5(1): 1-60 [39].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC BIV 42, BIV 43, Jamaica.
• Cardium rugatum Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [125].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown
  Comment: modification of Gronovius' name ('rogata') to a binomial name.
• Cardium tenerum Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [125] [nomen nudum; refers to Cardium rugatum Solander ms].

 

Generic Combinations

• Fulvia (Fulvia) aperta (Bruguiére, 1789). —
  Vidal, J. 1994. A review of the genus Fulvia Gray, 1853 (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Apex 4 9: 93-118 [98]
• Fulvia aperta (Bruguiére, 1789). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [52, pl. 3, figs 4-7]
  Hylleberg, J. 2004. Lexical approach to Cardiacea. Records of taxa. Illustrated and annotated records of living and fossil shells, with emphasis on the families Cardiidae and Lymnocardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Part 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [381]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Prefers muddy organic environments

 

General 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. [317] (as F. laevigata - misidentification in part?)

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [11, pl. 3, fig. 12] (as F. laevigata - misidentification? Taxon not recorded from NT)

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. [304, 684] (CD: line 10189)

Hylleberg, J. 1994. Indo-Pacific cockles (Bivalvia:Cardiidae). Part 1. Generic diagnoses and an overview of species with mention of taxonomic problems encountered in Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 13: 113-136 [125]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [70, fig. 224]

ter Poorten, J.J. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605728 (Accessed on 2015-01-30)

Vidal, J. 1994. A review of the genus Fulvia Gray, 1853 (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Apex 4 9: 93-118 [98, pl. 1, figs 9a, b; pl. 2, fig. 7]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [166, fig. 608]

Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [52, pl. 3, figs 4-7]

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [62, pl. 63D] (Thin Heart Cockle)

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CARDIIDAE	31-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED