Species Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) nasutus (Philippi, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Modiola nasuta Philippi, R.A. 1846. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien, unter Mithulfe mehrer deutscher Conchyliologen, herausgegeben von. R.A. Philippi mit beitragen der Herren Anton … Dr vondem Busch, Dr Dunker, Dr Jones, Bergrath Koch, Dr Pfeiffer, Dr Troschell. Cassell : Theodor Fischer Vol. 2 232 pp. [Feb. 1846]. [149, pl. 1, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHN 50391.
• Lithophaga dichroa 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 [p.417,421, pl.6, f.1/5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60404, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].

 

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

• Lithopgaga nasuta (Philippi, 1846). —
  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. [5, pl. 1, figs 5-6 (not pl. 2, figs 7-8)]
• Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nasuta (Philippi, 1846).
• Lithodomus nasutus (Philippi, 1846). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Lithodomus. pls 1, 5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [sp. 10, pl. 2, fig. 10b (not fig. 10a)]
• Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) nasutus (Philippi, 1846).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, 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 Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: intertidal, subtidal to 20m, shallow subtidal; habit: boring, infaunal, mainly in Porites (Phuket, Thailand); habitat: coral reef; substrate: rocks (soft), shell, coral.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [36]

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.

Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [205] (synonymy, distribution, type data)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [92, fig. 217]

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 [156] (biology and ecology)

Nielsen, C. 1976. Notes on boring bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Ophelia 15: 141-148 [142] (ecology)

Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [457, text fig. 9 (pl. 2), fig. 17 2a, b] (as Lithophaga nasuta (Philippi, 1846))

 

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. [294, pl.38, f.2] (Chocolate Date Mussel)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [34, pl.35A] (Brown Date Mussel)

 

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