Species Hemidonax australiensis (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium australiense Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 1-12, 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 5, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Lincoln, South Australia (error for North (Western) Australia).

 

Generic Combinations

• Donacicardium australiense (Reeve, 1844). —
  Vest, von W. 1876. Ueber Adacna, Monodacna und Didacna Eichw. und verwandte Formen. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 3: 289-317 [291, pl. 10, fig. 1] (new combination)
• Hemidonax australiense (Reeve, 1844). —
  Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1914. Alterations in the nomenclature of some Victorian marine Mollusca. Victorian Naturalist 31(5): 82-84 [83] (new combination)
• Adacna (Didacna) australiensis (Reeve, 1844). —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1857. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXIX-XXXII) pp. 413-540, pls 113-128. [460] (new combination)
• Hemidonax donaciformis australiensis (Reeve, 1844) [new combination]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 34]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Donacicardium australiense auct. [new combination]. —
  Vest, von W. 1876. Ueber Adacna, Monodacna und Didacna Eichw. und verwandte Formen. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 3: 289-317 [291, pl. 10, fig. 1]
• Hemidonax australiense auct. [new combination]. —
  Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1914. Alterations in the nomenclature of some Victorian marine Mollusca. Victorian Naturalist 31(5): 82-84 [83]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Hemidonax australiensis. World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505393 (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, 753]

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

Lamy, E. 1917. Révision des Crassatellidae vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 62(4): 197-270 [264]

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 [47]

 

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. [319, pl .34, fig. 10] (Donax-shaped Cockle)

 

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	04-Apr-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		04-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED