Species Mactra (Mactra) dissimilis Reeve, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra (Mactra) dissimilis 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. 13, species 59] (cited as a Deshayes species of 1854, but Deshayes was 1855 and hence Reeve first author).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE Australia

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Mactra dissimilis Reeve, 1854. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505700 (Accessed on 2015-04-01)

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. [440, 755; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [sp.249, 78]

 

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
	MACTROIDEA	18-Jul-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)