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Species Limea (Gemellima) parvula Verco, 1908


Compiler and date details

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

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

The AMS collection extends the range substantially from that given in Distribution References here, to Lord Howe Island and central Queensland, southwards and around southern Australia and then northwards to North West Cape, WA. Lord Howe Island (C.222404); QLD region 40 (C.222419); QLD region 39 (C.222421); NSW region 38 (C.25967); TAS region 36 (C.222841); SA region 33 (C.222833); WA region 31 (C.222768); WA region 28 (C.222774)

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

From 91m to 256 m

 

General References

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] [113-114, fig. 99]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [40, pl. 18, fig. 108] (as Limea (Gemellima) parvula Verco, 1908)

 

History of changes

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)
28-Jul-2014 28-Jul-2014 MOVED
15-May-2013 15-May-2013 MODIFIED
15-May-2013 09-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
16-Nov-2010 MODIFIED