Species Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Isocardia dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier, 1837 [Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, pi. XXXIII, figs. 2, 2 a].

  Secondary source:

   Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [122, pl. 59, fig. 449] (treated Isocardia dussumieri as a synonym of Glossus (Meiocardia) vulgaris).
• Isocardia vulgaris Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Isocardia. pl. 1 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 1, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, China; China Seas.
• Meiocardia delicata Kosuge, S. & Kase, T. 1994. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Meiocardia from southern Japan (Bivalvia Glossidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 3(2): 28-30, pls 11-12 [29, pl. 11, figs 6-8; pl. 12, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype IMT-94-2, Okinawa, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Glossus (Meiocardia) vulgaris (Reeve, 1845). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [122, pl. 59, fig. 449]
• Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 145 m.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [67]

Garrard, T.A. 1969. Amendments to Iredale and McMichael's "Reference List of the Marine Mollusca of New South Wales". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(12): 3-17 [6]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [499, no. B1117]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [122, pl. 59, fig. 449] (as Glossus (Meiocardia) vulgaris (Reeve, 1845))

Matsukuma, A. & Habe, T. 1995. Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia). In, Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 75-106 [82,83]

 

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	GLOSSOIDEA	17-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED