Species Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ostrea legumen Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3339].
• Perna dactylus Valenciennes, 1791.
• Perna vulsella Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [141].
• Perna laticostata 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. 11, fig. 9].
• Perna caudata 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. 5].
• Perna linguaeformis 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. 11, fig. 7, 9].
• Malleoperna paucidentata 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. 5, fig. 4, 4a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60332 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, QLD [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E].
• Malleoperna intricata 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 [324, 325, pl. V, figs 3, 3a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60330, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2'E].
• Malleoperna intricata debilitata 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].

 

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

• Isognomon (Isognomon) legumen (Gmelin, 1791).
• Isognomon (Isognomon) vulsella (Lamarck, 1819).

 

Introduction

In addition to the synonyms given above, Huber (2010, CD-ROM lines 4677-4688) gives the following synonyms, apparently not based on Australian types:

Perna torva Gould, 1850 - Hawaii
Perna lentiginosa Reeve, 1858 - Philippines
Perna maillardi Deshayes in Maillard, 1863 - Reunion
Perna spengleri "Chemnitz" Lynge, 1909 - South China Sea

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock bottom–marine, sublittoral.

 

General References

Harper, E. & Morton, B. 1994. The biology of Isognomon legumen at Cape D'Aguilar, Hong Kong, with special reference to predation by muricids. pp. 405-426 in Morton, B. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press pp. 1-504.

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M7]

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.

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [520, fig. 167G, H]

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

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. 1982. Seashells of Southern Africa. Johannesburg : MacMillan South Africa Publishers 249 pp. [162, pl. 37, fig. 5, textfig. 123]

Koch, H.J. 1953. A new species of the Lamellibranch genus Isognomon from South Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 30: 22 [22]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [108, fig. 260]

Lynge, H. 1909. Marine Lamellibranchiata. The Danish Expedition to Siam 1899-1900. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 7(5): 1-299 [146]

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]

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [17, pl. 1, figs 9, 10] (for Isognomon (Isognomon) vulsella (Lamarck, 1819))

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [68, pl. 10] (in subgenus Anisoperna)

Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. Marine Shells of South Africa. Hartebeespoort, South Africa : Ekogilde Publishers 264 pp. [204, fig. 832]

Zhenrui, W. 1980. Studies on Chinese species of Isognomonidae (Mollusca). Studia Marina Sinica 16: 131-141 [141]

 

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. [42, pl. 43E] (Irregular Toothed Oyster)

 

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