Species Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) malaccanus (Reeve, 1858)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Lithodomus malaccanus Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Lithodomus. pls 1, 5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl. 4].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1975104, Malacca. - Lithophaga reticulata Dunker, W. 1880-1883. Die Gattung Lithophaga in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 1-32, pls 1-6 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [pl. 5, figs 9-10].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, Java. - Dactylus fauroti Jousseaume, F. 1888. Description des Mollusques Recueillis par M. Le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe D'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 1(42): 166-223 [217].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Obock. - Lithophaga calcifer 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 [420, pl. 6, fig. 30].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60402, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Lithophaga (Diberus) malaccana (Reeve, 1858). —
Lamy, E. 1937. Révision des Mytilidae vivantes du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 81: 5-71, 99-132, 169-197 [124-125, 127-128, 314] - Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) malaccanus (Reeve, 1858).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth: sublittoral, boring in dead coral (Queensland); habit: boring, infaunal, mainly in Porites (Phuket, Thailand); habitat: reef flats, inner reef flat found boring in coral or other calcareous rock (Queensland), coral.
General References
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 [14]
Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 173-214 [206]
Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Mollusca Database for South Africa.
Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [201] (synonymy, distribution, type data)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [94]
Morton, B. & Scott, P.J.B. 1980. Morphological and functional specializations of the shell, musculature and pallial glands in the Lithophaginae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Zoology, London 192: 179-203
Nielsen, C. 1976. Notes on boring bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Ophelia 15: 141-148 [145]
Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [464, text fig. 18 (4-5); text fig. 13]
Zhenrui, W. & Zhongyan, Q. 1984. Study on Chinese species of the family Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Studia Marina Sinica 22: 198-242 [234] (synonymy, distribution)
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) |
| 05-Sep-2012 | 05-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 27-May-2013 | 13-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |