Species Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818)
Enigma Venus, Ladder Venus, Sand Cockle, Stepped Venerid
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Status unknown, King Georges Sound, WA.
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. (see CD for additional synonym)
Generic Combinations
- Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [154, pl. 75, fig. 599]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, intertidal, marine, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
Occasionally in estuaries
General References
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. [425, 746] (also on CD)
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 [22]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [154, pl. 75, fig. 599]
Nielsen, B.J. 1964. Studies of the genus Katelysia Röomer, 1857 (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata). Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne 26: 219-257 [224]
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. [331] (Enigma Venus, Ladder Venus)
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [257-8] (Sand Cockle)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [353-4] (Stepped Venerid)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | 21-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |