Species Hiatula biradiata (Wood, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Solen biradiata Wood, W. 1815. General Conchology; or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean Society. London : J. Booth Vol. 1 246 pp. [135, pl. 33, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Western Australia.
• Sanguinolaria livida Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [511, sp. 3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN no number, la Nouvelle Hollande, baie des Chiens marins.
• Psammobia flavicans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [514, sp. 8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN no number, la Nouvelle Hollande, port du Roi Georges.
• Soletellina nymphalis 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. 1, sp. 2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1985190/1, Australia.
• Soletellina epidermia 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. 1, sp. 3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1985191/1, Port Adelaide, Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Sanguinolaria (Psammotellina) biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [68, 69, pl. 5, fig. 3, pl. 8, figs 2, 4, 6]
• Psammotellina biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 407]
• Gari biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [167]
• Hiatula biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  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 [77]
• Sanguinolaria biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1988. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum revised edition, 207 pp. [174, Pl. 66]
  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 [77]
• Flavomala biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  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]
• Soletellina (Soletellina) biradiata (Wood, 1815) [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 [77]
• Hiatula biradiata (Wood, 1815). —
  Matsubara, T. 2013. Validity of Hiatula Modeer, 1793 (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae). Malacologia 56(1-2): 309-313

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Iluka, NSW to Point Peron, WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, sand flats.

 

General References

Bouchet, P. 2014. Hiatula biradiata (Wood, 1815). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747129 (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] [281, fig. 310]

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 11032] (as Soletellina biradiata)

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. 407] (as Psammotellina biradiata)

May, W.L. & Macpherson, J.H. 1958. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells revised by J. Hope Macpherson. Hobart : Government Printer 54 pp. [15, Pl. 11, fig. 11] (as Soletellina biradiata)

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 [77, figs 298-312, 409]

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [70, pl. 71E] (Double-Rayed Sunset Clam)

 

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	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED