Species Glycymeris (Tucetilla) tenuicostata (Reeve, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pectunculus tenuicostata 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. 35].
• Pectunculus crebreliratus Sowerby, G.B. 1889. Description of fourteen new species of shells. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 20(123): 395-400, pl. 25 [399, pl. 25, fig. 20].
• Glycymeris capricornea Hedley, C. 1906. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31(3): 453-479, pls 36-37 [468, pl. 36, figs 5, 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.18848 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31‘58.8‘S 151°45‘0‘E].
• Pectunculus setiger Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [22, pl. 1, figs 14, 15].
• Pectunculus mertoni Boettger, C.R. 1918. Die von Dr. H. Merton auf den Aru-und Kei-Inseln gesammelten Wassermollusken. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 35: 125-145 [138, pl. 9, fig. 9a-c].
• Glycymeris amamiensis Kuroda, T. 1930. An illustrated catalogue of the Japanese shells. Part 6. Venus 6 1: appendix 17-26 [21].
• Tucetilla capricornea intervenens Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [301].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60319 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Passage, off Lindeman Island, Queensland, Australia [20°27‘0‘S 149°1‘58.8‘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. 2, fig. 11]
• 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

• Tucetilla capricornea (Hedley, 1906). —
  Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [301]
• Glycymeris (Tucetilla) crebreliratus (Sowerby, 1889). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 2, fig. 11]
• Glycymeris (Tucetilla) tenuicostata (Reeve, 1843). —
  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. [153, text fig.; 579]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand bottom marine, shallow subtidal.

 

General References

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [165, pl. 50, fig. 2] (as G. (Tucetilla) amamiensis; 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. [153, text fig.; 579]

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]

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [301, pl. 4, fig. 12] (as T. capricornea; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [7, pl.2, fig. 11] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

 

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)
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