Species Limopsis (Oblimopa) macgillivrayi A. Adams, 1863

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limopsis macgillivrayi Adams, A. 1863. Descriptions of some new species of Limopsis from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 229-231 [230].
• Oblimopa macgillivrayi actaviva 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 [242, pl. 1, figs 11-11a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60261 dry, Finch Bay, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia [15°28‘22.8‘S 145°15‘39.6‘E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limopsis (Pectunculina) macgillivrayi A. Adams, 1863. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 114]
• Limopsis (Oblimopa) macgillivrayi A. Adams, 1863. —
  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]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Continental shelf to 50 m; substrate: shell-debris, sand.

General 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]

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]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 114]

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