Genus Hemidonax Mörch, 1871

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemidonax Mörch, O.A.L. 1871. Übersicht der von Lorentz Spengler beschriebenen Conchylien. Malakozoologische Blätter 17: 99-124 [121].

  Type species:

   Donax pictus Tryon, 1870 (= Cardium donaciforme Bruguiére, 1792) by monotypy.
• Donacicardium Vest, von W. 1875. Ueber die Geners Adacna, Monodacna, und Didacna Eichwald und deren Stellung im System. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 2: 309-325 [322] [objective synonym].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific and Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), 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)

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [331-332]

Boss, K.J. 1971. Familial affinities of Hemidonax (Bivalvia). Nautilus 85(1): 9-12

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. [436, 753]

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 [21]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N629]

Ponder, W.F., Colman, P.H., Colman, M.H. & Yonge, C.M. 1981. The taxonomic position of Hemidonax Mörch, 1871 with a review of the genus (Bivalvia: Cardiacea). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 5: 41-64 [45]

 

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		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	HEMIDONACIDAE	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		23-Mar-2011	MODIFIED