Species Malleus legumen Reeve, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Malleus legumen Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Malleus. pls 1-3 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 11. [pl. 1].
• Parimalleus gregarius Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [343].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.108408 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Passage, Lindeman Island, QLD [20°27‘0‘S 149°1‘58.8‘E]; AM C.58962 dry (mostly pairs), Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Passage, Lindeman Island, QLD [20°27‘0‘S 149°1‘58.8‘E].
• Malvufundus irregularis Jousseaume, F. 1894. Descriptions de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste 8: 228-229 [228-229].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Malleus (Malvufundus) regula Forsskål, 1775. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [110, sp. 271]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

N and NE Australia; Philippines, SE Asia and Japan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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. [271] (as Malleus (Malvufundus) regula)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [885, pl. 440, sp. 3] (as Malleus irregulus)

 

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)
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)
	PTERIOIDEA	03-Apr-2013	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)