Species Hemidonax arafurensis Ponder, Colman, Colman & Yonge, 1981

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemidonax arafurensis 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 [51, pl. 1, fig. 6-9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.117895, off Emery Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, sandbar [12°27'S 130°49'1.2"E].
• Hemidonax donaciforme Hedley, C. 1918. Narrative of an expedition of exploration in North Western Australia by Herbert Basedow. Special Report. Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 18: 263-283 [271] [non Schroeter 1786].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Hemidonax arafurensis Ponder, Colman, Yonge & Colman, 1981. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505397 (Accessed on 2015-04-24)

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, on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [72]

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 [51]

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [239]

 

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)
		04-Apr-2011	MODIFIED