Genus Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arcuatula Jousseaume, F.P. in Lamy, E. 1919. Les Moules et les Modioles de la Mer Rouge (d apres les materiaux recueillis par M. le Dr. Jousseaume). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 25: 40-45, 109-114, 173-178 [173].

  Type species:

   Modiola arcuatula Hanley, 1843 by absolute tautonymy.
• Lamya Soot-Ryen, T. 1958. A new genus of Mytilidae from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 14(2): 341-344 [342].

  Type species:

   Modiola capensis Krauss, 1848 by original designation.
• Musculus (Musculista) Yamamoto, A. & Habe. T. 1958. Fauna of shellbearing mollusks in Mutsu Bay. Lamellibranchia 1. Bulletin of the Marine Biological Station of Asamushi 9(1): 1-20, pls 1-5 [9].

  Type species:

   Modiola senhousia Benson, 1842 by original designation.

 

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.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5)

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.

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [51] (also as Musculista)

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Brearley, A. 1987. Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842); a mussel recently introduced into the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia (Mollusca: Mytilidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 225-230 [225-230] (as Musculista)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [34, plate fig.] (as Musculista)

 

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)
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		07-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED