Species Humphreyia strangei (A. Adams, 1852)
Strange's Watering-pot Shell, Watering-pot Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Aspergillum strangei Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852(20): 90-92 [91, pl. 15, fig. 5].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1968667, Sydney Harbour, N.S.W. - Humphreyia coxi Brazier, J. 1872. Descriptions of seven new species of land and marine shells from the Solomon Islands, Western Polynesia and Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 20-23 [1 June 1872] [22, pl. 4, figs 10a-b].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1904.5.10.74, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Humphreyia strangei (A. Adams, 1852). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [222] - Brechites (Humphreyia) strangei (A. Adams, 1852). —
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. - Humphreyia strangei (A. Adams, 1852).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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
Cemented, marine, rocks.
General References
Bouchet, P. & Gofas, S. 2013. Humphreyia strangei (A. Adams, 1854). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573737 (Accessed on 2017-05-30)
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] [158, fig. 152]
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 [15]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [222, fig. 654]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [403, fig. 473]
Morton, B. 2002. The biology and functional morphology of Humphreyia strangei (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae): an Australian cemented 'watering pot' shell. Journal of Zoology, London 258: 11-25
Morton, B. 2007. Evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). Records of the Australian Museum 24(1): 19-64
Smith, B.J. 1971. A revision of the family Clavagellidae (Pelecypoda, Mollusca) from Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2: 135-161 [145, pl. 11, figs 11, 12]
Smith, B.J. 1976. Revision of the Recent species of the family Clavagellidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3: 187-208 [196, fig. 15]
Smith, E.A. 1910. Note on the very young stage of the genus Humphreyia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 23-25 [23]
Tate, R. 1887. A revision of the Recent lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 76-111 [81]
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. [301] (Strange's Watering-pot Shell)
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] [158] (Watering-pot Shell)
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 | PHOLADOMYIDA | 04-Aug-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 14-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |