Species Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina deltoidalis 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. [532].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN, New Hollande.
• Tellina diemenensis Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [361].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 197545, Van Diemen's Land.
• Tellina tristis Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [361].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 181/42.11.2, Van Diemen's Land.
• Tellina semifossilis Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 19-42 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [pl. 41, fig. 237].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 70.10.26.19, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818).
• Macomona semifossilis (Sowerby, 1867). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [24, no. 408]
• Macomona tristis (Deshayes, 1855). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [24, no. 407]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tellina (Macomona) deltoidalis Lamarck, 1818. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [94, pl. 45, fig. 330]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, 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), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

 

General References

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] [272-273, fig. 298]

Gofas, S. & Sartori, A.F. 2014. Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711133 (Accessed on 2015-03-23. Alternate representation of Tellina deltoidalis Lamarck, 1818)

Ponder, W.F. 1975. Notes on the synonymy of four Australian tellinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3(2): 111-119 [112, 114, pl. 9, figs 1-11]

 

Common Name 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. [339, fig. 9] (Deltoid Tellen)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [377] (Triangular Tellin)

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	30-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED