Species Kelliopsis ephippiolum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)

Museums

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Tellimya ephippiolum Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [189, pl. 10, figs. 13-13a].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1899.2.23.4, stn 5, Boydong Cays, Torres Strait.

Kelliopsis ephippiolum (Melvill & Standen, 1899). —
Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit & Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [520; on CD]

Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Marine, shallow water, shelly bottom.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [160, fig. 437] (highly unlikely to be in Tellimya other genera more suited include Cicatella and perhaps Aligena)

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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	GALEOMMATOIDEA	18-May-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		16-May-2011	MODIFIED
		05-May-2011	MODIFIED