Species Lioconcha (Lioconcha) polita (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus polita Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [181].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Nicobar Islands.
• Cytherea sulcatina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [568].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798).
• Lioconcha (Lioconcha) polita (Röding, 1798). —
  Prashad, B. 1932. The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Systematic Part 2. Pelecypoda. Siboga-Expéditie Report 118(34): 1-353, pls 1-9, 1 map [218]
• Meretrix (Lioconcha) sulcatina (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Anthony, M.R. 1906. Liste des mollusques Acephales du Golfe de Tadjourah. (Mission Ch. Gravier, 1904). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11: 490-500 [494] (New combination)
• Circe (Lioconcha) sulcatina (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lynge, H. 1909. Marine Lamellibranchiata. The Danish Expedition to Siam 1899-1900. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 7(5): 1-299 [233]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, muddy sand, sand, subtidal.

 

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. [388] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. Lioconcha and Pitar species from the Mascarene and Andaman Islands, with a note on Pitar bucculentus (Röemer, 1862) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 42-51 [44]

Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. The genera Lioconcha and Pitar in South Africa and Mozambique, with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 19-41 [21]

Lamprell, K. & Stanisic, J. 1996. The genera Pitar, Callista and Lioconcha in New Caledonia and adjacent waters (Vereroidea, Mollusca, Bivalvia). Molluscan Research 16: 27-48 [31]

 

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)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	31-Aug-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		31-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED