Species Limopsis (Oblimopa) multistriata (Forsskål, 1775)

• Arca multistriata Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [123].
• Pectunculus cancellata Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 7, sp. 39].
• Limopsis philippii A. 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].

 

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. [159, text fig.; 585, 587] (Huber also lists the additional synonyms: Pectunculina forskali Adams, 1862, Pectunculina compressa Nevill, 1874)

 

Generic Combinations

• Limopsis (Oblimopa) multistriata (Forsskål, 1775). —
  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. [159, text fig.; 585, 587]
• Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriatus (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 112]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limopsis cancellata auct. —
  Macandrew, R. 1870. Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 429-450 [449]
• Limopsis multistriata auct. (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Vaillant, L. 1865. Recherches sur la faune malacologique de la Baie de Suez. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 97-127 [116]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

India, Red Sea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow subtidal, subtidal to 10m; sand.

 

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. [159, text fig.; 585, 587]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [66, fig. 112]

Oliver, P.G. 1984. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 27. Limopsacea. pp. 1-10 [2] (General reference)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [42]

 

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)
21-Aug-2012		21-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Sep-2010	MODIFIED