Species Malleus meridianus Cotton, 1930

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Species Malleus meridianus Cotton, 1930

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Malleus meridianus Cotton, B.C. 1930. Pelecypoda of the Flindersian Region, southern Australia, No. 1. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(2): 223-240 [224].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Malleus (Malleus) meridianis Cotton, 1930. —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [110] (combination cited)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Endemic to Australia (Gulf St. Vincent to Fremantle; S.W.A., S.A. and Shark Bay (Cotton 1961)).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

Ecological Descriptors

In sand, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To about 50 m, attached by its byssus

General 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. [258, fig. 7]

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] [74, fig. 63]

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [110, fig. 270]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [156, fig. 576]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	23-Jan-2023	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	28-Jul-2014	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	03-Apr-2013	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		18-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED

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