Species Mactra (Mactra) cumingii Reeve, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra cumingii Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Mactra. pls 1-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 6, fig. 24].
• Mactra cuvieri Deshayes, M.G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 13-23 [pp. 13–16: 30 Dec 1854; pp. 17–23: 10 Jan 1855] [17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Molluccas.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Mactra) cumingii Reeve, 1854. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 37, fig. 256]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505699 (Accessed on 2015-03-31)

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. [CD: line 14640]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [78, pl. 37, fig. 256]

Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 (as Mactra cuvieri Deshayes)

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. [349] (Cuming's Trough Shell)

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