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Species Fulvia (Fulvia) australis (Sowerby, 1834)

The Southern Cockle


Compiler and date details

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

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly subtidal, 1-30 m, also near reefs and rubble

 

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. [304, 684, CD line 10191] (vague synonymy)

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 [393]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [72, fig. 227]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [123]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [94, pl. 14, fig. 5]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [160]

Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [625]

ter Poorten, J.J. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Fulvia australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605729 (Accessed on 2015-01-30)

Vidal, J. 1994. A review of the genus Fulvia Gray, 1853 (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Apex 4 9: 93-118 [104, pl. 2, figs 3a, b, 4, 5, 6a, b]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 19, fig. 97] (The Southern Cockle)

 

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 12-Nov-2013 MODIFIED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
21-Nov-2013 MODIFIED