Family MESODESMATIDAE J. Gray, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Paphies (Mesodesma) corneum Lamarck, 1818 [see comments for Amphidesma corneum Lamarck, 1818].
• Amphidesma corneum Lamarck, 1818. —
  Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [169] (recorded species from W. Australia, however, this is a likely misidentification)
  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. (provides Mesodesma pseudocornea Lamy, 1912 as nom. nov. for Amphidesma cornea Lamarck, 1818 (?Mauritius) non Poli 1791 (type not located MNHN 6/09))

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [339-340]

Beu, A.G. 1971. Genera of the bivalve family Mesodesmatidae, with comments on some Australian species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2: 113-131

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [129]

De Rooij-Schuling, L.A. 1972. Systematic notes on the Mesodesmatidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia), and descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 5 46: 55-68

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. [455, 762-764]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [246]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 41]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N608]

Yonge, C.M. & J.A. Allen 1985. On significant criteria in establishment of superfamilies in the Bivalvia - the creation of the superfamily Mesodesmatacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 51(3): 345-349

History of changes