Species Globivenus toreuma (Gould, 1850)
Embossed Venus
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Venus toreuma Gould, A.A. 1850. New shells of the U.S. Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 275-278 [277].
- Venus crebrisulca Sowerby, G.B. 1853. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Monograph of the Genera of Shells - Monograph of the Genus Venus. London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 703-741. [728, pl. 161, fig. 187-189] [junior homonym; not Venus crebrisulca Lamarck 1818].
- Venus jukesi Deshayes, G.P. 1853. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalves Shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Veneridae, Cyprinidae and Glauconomidae. London : British Museum 292 pp. [100] [replacement name; for Venus crebrisulca Sowerby, 1853].
- Venus sculpta Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [3].
- Venus hawaiensis Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [164, pl. 42, figs 13-15].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 335881, 'Albatross' station 4132, near Kauai in 257-312 fathoms.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61]
Generic Combinations
- Chione toreuma (Gould, 1850). —
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [196] (new combination) - Ventricolaria toreuma (Gould, 1850). —
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [192, pl. 27, fig. 13] (new combination) - Globivenus toreuma (Gould, 1850). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 463]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west pacific from India to Hawaii
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand, subtidal.
General References
Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. Contribution a la connaissance des Veneridae du Mozambique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 40(4): 784-796 [785]
Fischer-Piette, E. 1975. Révision de Venerinae s.s. (Mollusques Lamellibranches). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 93: 1-64, pls 1-8 [39]
Fischer-Piette, E. 1976. Les Veneridae indeterminees das collections de Calcutta. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 70: 235-257 [235]
Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [501]
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. [363, 711] (also on CD)
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 463]
Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [161]
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). [685]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | VENEROIDEA | 15-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
21-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |