Species Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana (Dunker, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pectunculus australis Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [469, pl. 77, figs 7-9] [junior homonym; not of Morton, 1834].

  Type data:

   Holotype Cape Dromedary, NSW, Australia.
• Pectunculus grayana Dunker, W. 1857. Mollusca nova collectionis Cumingianae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 354-358 [357].
• Axinaea kenyoniana Brazier, J. 1898. New marine shells from the Solomon Islands and Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 779–782 [781].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl.2, fig. 7]
• 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. [150, text fig.; 579] (Huber also lists the additional synonym: Pectunculus flammeus "Reeve" Iredale, 1931 [non Reeve, 1843])

 

Generic Combinations

• Axinea grayana (Dunker, 1857). —
  Angas, G.F. 1867. On a new genus and some new species of marine Mollusca from Port Jackson, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 908-935, pl. 44 [932]
• Glycymeris (Veletuceta) grayana (Dunker, 1857). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 2, fig. 7]
• Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana (Dunker, 1857). —
  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. [150, text fig.; 579]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Veletuceta flammea Reeve, 1843. —
  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 [9]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Island record from Australian Museum Sydney collection

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: intertidal; substrate: sand.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [249, pl. 31, fig. 5] (as V. flammeus; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

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. [150, text fig.; 579]

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [187] (as G. australis; illustration, description, discussion of status)

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 [9] (As Veletuceta flammea Reeve, 1943)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [7, pl. 2, fig. 7] (as Glycymeris (Veletuceta) grayana (Dunker, 1857); illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [378, fig. 316] (as V. flammeus; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

May, W.L. 1915 [1916]. Additions to the Tasmanian Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1915: 75-99 [issued separately 31 December 1915] [81, pl. 2, fig. 5] (as G. australis; illustration, description, distribution)

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [20, fig. 6] (as V. flammea; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 17(1): 220-266 [244] (As Glycimerus australis Quoy & Gaimard)

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [249, pl. 31, fig. 5] (For Veletuceta flammeus ) (Flame Dog Cockle)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [p.38, pl.39A] (Gray's Bittersweet Clam)

 

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)
23-Aug-2012		23-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
01-Oct-2010		01-Oct-2010	MOVED
		30-Sep-2010	MODIFIED