Species Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hammer Oyster
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
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 [342] - Malleus (Malleus) malleus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [110] (combination cited) - Himantopoda vulgaris (Lamarck, 1801) [introduced as replacement name?]. —
Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [109]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indo-West Pacific, including India and Japan
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, reef flat, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached by byssus to coarse sand or gravel
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [179, pl. 63, fig. 4]
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]
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [156]
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 [342]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [110, fig. 268]
Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [47, 4, pl. VI, fig. 1]
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [6]
Yonge, C.M. 1968. Form and habit in species of Malleus (including the "hammer oysters") with comparative observations on Isognomon isognomon. Biological Bulletin 135: 378-405 [385-389]
Common Name References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [178] (Hammer Oyster)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 16-Nov-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
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 |