• Aspalima Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [160].

  Type species:

   Limopsis erectus Hedley & Petterd, 1906 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

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. [586-587]

History of changes

• Limopsis erectus Hedley, C. & Petterd, W.P. 1906. Mollusca from three hundred fathoms, off Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 211-225 [224, pl. 38, figs 14, 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.24365 dry, 23 mls east of South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 250 fathoms [33°51‘0‘S 151°41‘31.2‘E].
• Aspalima solator Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [204].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.19794 dry, 12.5 ml east of Cape Byron, New South Wales, Australia, 111 fathoms [28°37‘58.8‘S 153°52‘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

• Aspalima erecta (Hedley & Petterd, 1906). —
  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 [8]
• Limopsis (Pectunculina) solator (Iredale, 1931).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limopsis (Pectunculina) erecta Hedley & Petterd, 1906. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 109]
• Limopsis (Aspalima) erectus Hedley & Petterd, 1906. —
  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. (recorded subgeneric change)
• Limopsis (Pectunculina ) erectus Hedley & Petterd, 1906.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

For Limopsis (Pectunculina) solator (Iredale, 1931) - additional records inlcude one lot from Swain Reefs, QLD and one from Cape Byron, NSW in the Australian Museum mollusc collection

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: continental shelf to 500m .

General References

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M5]

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. [588]

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 [8]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 109] (and 66, fig. 110 as Limopsis (Pectunculina) solator (Iredale, 1931))

McMichael, D.F. & Vooorwinde, J. 1966. Illustrations of unfigured New South Wales marine molluscs, Part 1. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 10: 13-20, pls 12, 13 [16, pl. 2, figs 13, 14] (as Aspalima solator Iredale, 1931 = Limopsis (Pectunculina) solator (Iredale, 1931))

Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [220] (SA records)

History of changes

• Aspalima erecta idonea Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [160].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.32046, 40 miles south of Cape Wiles, South Australia, Australia [35°39‘0‘S 136°49‘58.8‘E].

Generic Combinations

• Limopsis idonea (Iredale, 1929). —
  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. [252]
• Limopsis (Pectunculina) idonea (Iredale, 1929). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 111]
• Limopsis (Aspalima) idonea (Iredale, 1929). —
  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. [588]

Distribution

States

South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 550 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] [52, fig. 33]

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. [588]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 111]

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. [252] (Bushy False Dog Cockle)

History of changes

• Limopsis (Pectunculina) scabra Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [228, pl. 17, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB Moll 63.099a, Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 385 m [66°02'09"S, 89°38'05"E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [44, pl. 4, fig. 5a].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limopsis (Aspalima) scabra Thiele, 1912. —
  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. (records subgeneric change)
• Limopsis scabra (Thiele, 1912). —
  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [44, pl. 4, figs 5a-b]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 49°E, 53°E and Ross Sea; Weddell Sea; Enderby Land. Probably circum-Antarctic

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [23, figs 28, 29]

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.

History of changes