Species Cucurbitula cymbium Spengler, 1783

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gastrochaena cymbium Spengler, L. 1783. Beskrivelse over an nye Sláegt of toskallede Muskeler, som kan kaldes Gastrochaena, i tre foranderlige Arter, hvoraf hver boer i et forskiellight Ormehuus. Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter 2: 174-183 [182].
• Gastrochaena pupina Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [326].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Qld.
• Gastrochaena lagenula 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. [436].
• Gastrochaena deshayesi Sturany, R.W.A. 1899. Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 69: 255-295 [273-274, pl.5, f.1-7].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cucurbitula cymbium (Spengler, 1783).
• Guetera lagenula (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Cooke, A.H. 1886. Report on the Testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. By Robert Macandrew - Republished with additions and corrections. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5 17: 128-142 [109]
• Cucurbitula pupina (Deshayes, 1855). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [27]
• Teredo (Uperotis) pupina (Deshayes, 1855). —
  Macandrew, R. 1870. Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 429-450 [445]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Gastrochaena (Cucurbitula) cymbium Spengler, 1783.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

In dead shells lying on the surface of sands and muds. Also in Clypeaster tests

 

General References

Barash, A. & Danin, Z. 1972. The Indo-Pacific species of Mollusca in the Mediterranean and notes on a collection from the Suez Canal. Israel Journal of Zoology 21: 301-374 [342-343]

Freneix, S. & Roman, J. 1979. Gastrochaenidae endobiotes d'échinides cénozoïques (Clypeaster et autres). Nouvelle classification de ces bivalves. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 4 1(4): 287-313 [302]

Huber, M. 2010. Cucurbitula cymbium. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505332 (Accessed on 2017-06-06)

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.

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]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [27]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [196]

Morton, B. 1982. Pallial specializations in Gastrochaena (Cucurbitula) cymbium Spengler 1783 (Bivalvia: Gastrochaenacea). pp. 859-873 in Morton, B.S. & Tseng, C.K. (eds). Proceedings of the First International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1980. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press.

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [200]

Taki, I. & Habe, T. 1955. Gastrochaenidae, Vesicomyidae. pp. 1-5 in Kuroda, T. (ed). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Tokyo : Unknown publisher Vol. 2. [2]

 

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	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	MYIDA	28-Jul-2014	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014	MYIDA	21-Mar-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		11-Mar-2011	MODIFIED