Species Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus erosa Solander, D.C. 1786. No Title. In, Lightfoot, J. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [71, 186].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown.
• Venus coaxans Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3278].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (presumed lost).
• Cyrena zeylanica 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. [554].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "dans les rivières de l'ile de Ceylan" (in the rivers of the island of Ceylon).
• Cyrena luchuana Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new Japanese mollusks, IV. Nautilus 8(3): 29-31 [30].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Japan, Yaeyama Island, Loo Hoo Group.
• Cyrena yaeyamensis Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new Japanese mollusks, IV. Nautilus 8(3): 29-31 [30].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Japan, Yaeyama Island, Loo Hoo Group.
• Cyrena fissidens Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new Japanese mollusks, IV. Nautilus 8(3): 29-31 [30].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Japan, Yaeyama Island, Loo Hoo Group.
• Cyrena expansa Mousson, 1849.
• Polydesma erosa Lightfoot, 1786.
• Geloina erosa auct. non Lightfoot.

 

Generic Combinations

• Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Solander, 1786). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [184, fig. 535]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific Lamprell & Healy (1998, p. 184) gives the distribution of this species as "Coastal rivers, streams and estuaries of Queensland and NT.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, intertidal, lotic freshwater, mangrove, marine.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [68]

Bouchet, P. 2014. Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747107 (Accessed on 2015-04-24)

Bouchet, P. 2014. Geloina expansa. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747114 (Accessed on 2017-06-02)

Gimin, R., Luong-Van, T., Mohan, R. & Griffiths, A.D. 2005. Aspects of the reproductive biology of Polymesoda erosa (Solander, 1786) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 21: 37-46

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]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [184, fig. 535]

Morton, B. 1984. A review of Polymesoda (Geloina) Gray 1842 (Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) from Indo-Pacific mangroves. Asian Marine Biology 1: 77-86 [77]

Morton, B. 1988. The population structure and age of Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) from a Hong Kong mangrove. Asian Marine Biology 5: 107-113

Morton. B. 1985. The reproductive strategy of the mangrove bivalve Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Bivalvia: Corbiculoidea) in Hong Kong. Malacological Review 18: 83-89

Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [106]

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp.

Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. A taxonomic, distributional and bibliographic checklist on Hong Kong marine bivalve molluscs and research published on them from 1971-2000. pp. 259-310 in Morton, B. (ed). Perspectives on Marine Enivornmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, October 2001 (Hong Kong Culture and Society). USA : University of Wasington Press. [284]

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		18-Dec-2013	MOVED
	SPHAERIOIDEA	16-Aug-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)