Species Limopsis (Aspalima) idonea (Iredale, 1929)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

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