Species Hyphantosoma limatulum (Sowerby, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cytherea limatula Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1851. Monographs of the genera Mereo, Cytheraea, Circe. 611-646, pls 127-136 in Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 (12). [640, pl. 136, fig. 200-201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1912.6.4.9-10, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pitar (Pitarina) limatula (Sowerby, 1853). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67]
• Hyphantosoma limatulum (Sowerby, 1853). —
  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. [402]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, on gravel, sand.

 

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [505]

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. [402] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J.M. 1997. Pitar Römer from Australian and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 283-306 [287]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 525] (Pitar (Pitarina) limatula (Sowerby, 1853))

 

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	VENEROIDEA	05-Sep-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		01-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED