Species Heteroglypta contraria (Deshayes, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammobia contraria Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu. [11, pl. 28, figs 20-21].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHN, Bourbon (=Réunion Island).
• Heteroglypta hedleyi Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [265].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.8974 dry, Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia [30°38'31.2"S, 153°0'E].
• Heteroglypta avecta Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [266].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.149155 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'S, 145°58'58.8"E].
• Heteroglypta saltatrix Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [266, pl. 30, figs 5-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57816 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'S, 145°58'58.8"E].
• Heteroglypta pansa Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C28799, New Caledonia.
• Heteroglypta nipponica Kuroda, T. 1934. Heteroglypta nipponica n.sp. Venus 4(6): ii, fig. on title page.

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT, Okinoshima Islet, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [9] (see for complete synonyms)

 

Generic Combinations

• Asaphis (Heteroglypta) contraria (Deshayes, 1863). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 406]
  Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [9]
• Asaphis contraria (Deshayes, 1863). —
  Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 721-732 [20 May 1901] [731, pl. 48 figs 4-8]
• Heteroglypta contraria (Deshayes, 1863). —
  Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [9]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

35 m, shallowly buried in sand or nestling among coral rubble, also in coarse sand.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Heteroglypta contraria (Deshayes, 1863). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507186 (Accessed on 2015-02-25)

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. [332, CD: line 11143]

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 [25]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 406] (as Asaphis (Heteroglypta) contraria)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [163]

Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [9, figs 27-37, 382]

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	24-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED