Species Limopsis (Senectidens) eucosmus Verco, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limopsis eucosmus 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] [219, pl. 27, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13048, off Cape Jaffa, South Australia, 90 fathoms.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limopsis (Pectunculina) eucosmus Verco, 1907. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [68, fig. 120]
• Limopsis (Senectidens) eucosmus Verco, 1907. —
  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, 588]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To about 550 m

 

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]

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] [51, fig. 28]

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, 588]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [68, fig. 120]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1955. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide plains. Part II. Pelecypoda. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 78: 18-87 [24]

May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [8]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 5, fig. 11]

 

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