Species Glycymeris (Glycymeris) striatularis (Lamarck, 1819)
Striate Bittersweet Clam, Striated Dog Cockle, The Finely-striated Pectunculus
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pectunculus striatularis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [52].
Type data:
Holotype King George Sound, Western Australia. - Pectunculus obliquus Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 6, fig. 33].
- Tucetona striatularis suspecta 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 [188, pl. 35, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.62358 dry, Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia [37°4‘58.8‘S 149°54‘0‘E]. - Glycymeris penelevis Cotton, B.C. 1930. Pelecypoda of the Flindersian Region, southern Australia, No. 1. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(2): 223-240 [229, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.10100, Gulf St. Vncent, South Australia. - Veletuceta thackwayi Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [203].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C.62348 dry, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia [32°42‘0‘S 152°4‘58.8‘E]. - Veletuceta fossa Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [203].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C.62356, off Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia [37°34‘1.2‘S 149°55‘1.2‘E].
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. 1, fig. 5]
- 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.
Generic Combinations
- Axinea obliqua (Reeve, 1843). —
Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia: with a list of all the species known up to the present time; together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 643-657 [655] - Veletuceta penelevis (Cotton, 1930). —
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. [251] - Glycymeris striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
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] - Tucetilla striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [378, fig. 317] - Veletuceta striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
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. [257] - Axinea striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
Tate, R. 1897. Critical remarks on some Australian Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 1897: 40-49 [48] - Glycymeris (Veletuceta) striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
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] - Glycymeris (Tucetilla) striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [42, pl. 1, figs 17, 18] - Glycymeris (Glycymeris) striatularis (Lamarck, 1819). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 1, fig. 5]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
In 5-30 m
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. [257] (also as V. fossa [251] and V. thackwayi [251])
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [60, fig. 44] (illustration, description, distribution, type locality; also as G. penelevis [61, 62, fig. 45])
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [155]
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 [188, pl. 35, fig. 3] (as G. striatularis suspecta; illustration, original description, distribution, habitat)
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]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [5, pl. 1, fig. 5] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [42, pl. 1, figs 17, 18] (synonymy, type data, illustration, description, distribution, fossil distribution)
Ludbrook, N.H. 1984. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia. South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Handbook 9: 1-327 [148, fig. 35k, l, pl. 7a-c]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [378, fig. 317] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [9, fig. 8] (illustration, description)
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [20, fig. 8] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
McMichael, D.F. & Vooorwinde, J. 1966. Illustrations of unfigured New South Wales marine molluscs, Part 1. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 10: 13-20, pls 12, 13 [18, pl. 3,] (figs 6, 7, as V. thackwayi; figs 8, 9, as V. fossa)
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]
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 6, fig. 27] (illustration, description, distribution)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. On a new species of Conus and Pectunculus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1843: 79-81 [80] (description and type locality)
Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [252]
Thiele, J. 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens; Ergebnisse der Hamburger Südwest -australischen Forschungsreise 1905. In, Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Vol. 5. [589]
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [150, fig. 555] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
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. [251] (Striated Dog Cockle)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 6, fig. 27] (The Finely-striated Pectunculus)
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.39B] (Striate Bittersweet Clam)
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) |
| 29-Jan-2013 | 29-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Oct-2010 | 01-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |