Species Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ostrea ephippium Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [700].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Amboina (Ambon, Indonesia).
• Perna cumingii Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Perna. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 11. [pl. 1, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Melina periculosa Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [325, pl. V, figs 5, 5a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60333, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Melina cumingii (Reeve, 1858).
• Isognomon cumingii (Reeve, 1858). —
  Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [190]
• Melina ephippium (Linné, 1758). —
  Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [325]
• Isognomon (Isognomon) ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [106]
• Isognomon (Isognomon) periculosa (Iredale, 1939).

 

Introduction

Huber (2010, CD-ROM lines 4645-4653) lists these additional synonym, apparently based on non_Australian types:
Isogonum scapula Röding, 1798
probably Perna argillacea Gould, 1860 - No locality
Perna imbricata Reeve, 1858 - Maluku [=Moluccas, Indonesia]
Perna spathulata Reeve, 1858 - Philippines
Perna reeveana Clessin, 1890 - Maluku [=Moluccas, Indonesia] unnesceesay nom. nov. pro imbricata Reeve
Perna lamarckiana Clessin, 1890 - No locality

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern WA, Queensland to northern New South Wales; tropical Indo-West Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In mud, in sand, intertidal, marine.

 

General 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. [259, text fig. 63, fig. 1]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [178, pl. 63, fig. 2]

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [21, pl. 32]

Dodge, H. 1952. A historical review of the molluscs of Linnaeus. Part 1. The classes Loricata and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 100(1): 1-264 [195]

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.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [325-326]

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 [10]

Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Mollusca Database for South Africa.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [106, fig. 258]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155]

 

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. [259] (Rounded Toothed Pearl 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)
13-Sep-2022	BIVALVIA	13-Sep-2022	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	13-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED