Species Hiatula alba (Lamarck, 1818)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN M4 1016, la Nouvelle Hollande, port du Roi Georges.- Psammobia florida Gould, A.A. 1851. Shells from the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 214-219; 252-258 [254] [misidentification, not Psammobia florida Lamarck, 1818].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 5900, Illawarra, New South Wales. - Soletellina donacioides Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Soletellina. pls 1-4 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 3, sp. 11].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1984254/1, Port Adelaide, Australia. - Soletellina incerta Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Soletellina. pls 1-4 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 3, sp. 13].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1986132/1, New Zealand. - Soletellina hedleyi Sowerby, G.B. 1907. Descriptions of new Marine Mollusca from New Caledonia, etc. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(5): 299-303 [302, pl. 25, fig. 12].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.8.28.43, South Australia. - Psammobia haynesi Preston, H.B. 1914. Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Island, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 13-18 [Date published 30 Mar. 1914] [18].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1905.8.19.17, Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia. - Florisarka onuphria Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [283, pl. 20, fig. 14].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.60625 dry, Sydney, Queenscliff, Manly Lagoon, New South Wales, Australia [33°47'6"S, 151°16'58.8"E].
Generic Combinations
- Gari alba (Lamarck, 1818). —
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 [80] - Hiatula alba (Lamarck, 1818). —
Matsubara, T. 2013. Validity of Hiatula Modeer, 1793 (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae). Malacologia 56(1-2): 309-313 - Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [114, pl. 55, fig. 409] - Soletellina (Soletellina) alba (Lamarck, 1818) [new combination]. —
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 [79] - Soletellina haynesi (Preston, 1914). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [114, pl. 55, fig. 412]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Hervey Bay, QLD to Dampier Archipelago, WA
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, mud bottom–marine, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
0.5 m; buried up to 6cm in mud and muddy sand
General References
Bouchet, P. 2014. Hiatula alba (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747137 (Accessed on 2015-02-25)
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] (p. 279, fig. 306 as Gari alba Lamarck, 1818 p. 282, fig. 311 as Flavomala donacioides Reeve, 1857)
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. [330, CD: line 11018] (as Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818))
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. [114, pl. 55]
Matthews, T.G. & Fairweather, P.G. 2003. Growth rates of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae) in an intermittent estuary of southern Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58(4): 873-885
Matthews, T.G. & Fairweather, P.G. 2006. Recruitment of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae) in response to different sediment types and water depths within the intermittently open Hopkins River estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334(2): 206-218
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 [79, figs 313-330, 410]
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) |
| 23-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |