Species Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ostrea perna Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1149].
• Perna sulcata 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 eremita Gould, A.A. 1850. Descriptions of the shells brought home by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (cont.). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 151-156.
• Perna limoides 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. 4].
• Perna linnaei Dunker, W. 1869. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer pp. 121-126, pls 40-42.
• Isognomon samoensis Baird, W. 1873. Shells. pp. 431-454 in Brenchley, J.L. (ed). Jottings During the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London : Longmans, Green & Co. [454, pl. xlii, fig. 8].
• Isognomon roberti 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, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMSA, Umgazana, 10 miles south of Port St Johns, South Africa.
• Perna marsupium Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [141].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ... les mers de la Novelle Hollande at de l'Asie australie [Australia and southern Asia].

 

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

• Anisoperna australica (Reeve, 1858). —
  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]
• Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1767). —
  Dunker, W. 1882. Index molluscorum maris Japonici conscriptus et tabulis iconum xvi illustralus. Cassel : Theodori Fischer i-vii, 301 pp., pls 1-16. [230]
• Isognomon perna (Linné, 1767). —
  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 [321]
• Isognomon (Isognomon) pernum (Linnaeus, 1767).

 

Introduction

In addition to the synonyms given above, the following synonyms are listed by Huber (2010, CD-ROM lines 4700-4711:

Melina pernaeformis Philipsson, 1788
Isogonum marsupiale Röding, 1798
Perna costellata Conrad, 1837 - Hawaii

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NW to NE Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island, Lord Howe Islands and Coral Sea Territory;Indo-West Pacifici

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock bottom–marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached by byssus under rock or rubble

 

General References

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

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 [321-322] (as Isognomon australicum and I. perna)

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]

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. [521, fig. 167 C, D]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [108, fig. 256]

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]

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

 

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