• Galeomma Turton, W. 1825. Description of some new British shells; accompanied by figures from the original specimens. Zoological Journal London 2: 361-362 [361].

  Type species:

   Galeomma turtoni Anonymous, 1825 by monotypy.
• Parthenope Scacchi, 1833 [Osservazione zoologiche, 1: 8].

  Type species:

   Parthenope formosa Scacchi, 1833 by monotypy.
• Hirudinaria Scacchi, A. 1833. Osservazioni Zoologische. Napoli Vol. 1+2 27 pp. [9].

  Type species:

   Hirudinaria alba Scacchi, 1833 by monotypy.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hirundinaria [mis-spelling: error for Hirudinaria Scacchi, 1833]. —
  Paetel, F. 1875. Die bisher veröffentlichten Familien und Gattungsnamen der Mollusken. Berlin : Paetel 229 pp. [97]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide distribution

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Aartsen, J.J. van 1996. Galeommatacea & Cyamiacea. Part II. La Conchiglia 281: 27-53 [29]

Jespersen, Å. & Lützen, J. 2006. Author: Author: Primary Title: Reproduction and sperm structure in Galeommatidae (Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea) Journal Name:. Zoomorphology (Berlin) 125(3): 157-173

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150] (G (Galeomma))

Lützen, J. & Nielsen, C. 2005. Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 261-308 [292]

Middelfart, P. 2005. Review of Ephippodonta sensu lato (Galeommatidae: Bivalvia), with descriptions of new related genera and species from Australia. Molluscan Research 25(3): 129-144 [143]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N533] (G (Galeomma))

Morton, B. 1973. The biology and functional morphology of Galeomma (Paralepida) takii (Bivalvia: Leptonacea). Journal of Zoology, London 169(2): 133-150

Morton, B. 1975. Dymantic display in Galeomma polita Deshayes (Bivalvia: Leptonacea). Journal of Conchology 28: 365-369

History of changes

• Galeomma denticulata Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Reunion Islands.
• Galeomma sagenata Oliver, P.G. & Holmes, A.M. 2004. Cryptic bivalves with descriptions of new species from the Rodrigues lagoon. Journal of Natural History 38: 3175-3227 [3197].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NMW, Rodrigues Island.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [109, 468, 473, 2 text figs; on CD]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues Isl., NE.Austr., Hope Isl., Poly, Tahiti, Austral Isl.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In coral rubble, subtidal, under stones.

Extra Ecological Information

10 - 20m; shell sand under stones, reef front

General References

Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [109, 468, 473, 2 text figs; on CD]

Oliver, P.G. & Holmes, A.M. 2004. Cryptic bivalves with descriptions of new species from the Rodrigues lagoon. Journal of Natural History 38: 3175-3227 [3197] (as sagenata)

History of changes

• Ephippodonta granulifera Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [25, pl. 1, fig. 20, text figs 3, 4].

Generic Combinations

• Galeomma (Galeomma) granulifera (Odhner, 1917). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

22 m

General References

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [469; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150, fig. 385]

History of changes