Genus Marcia H. & A. Adams, 1857

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marcia Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1857. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXIX-XXXII) pp. 413-540, pls 113-128. [423] (as subgenus of Chione).

  Type species:

   Venus pinguis "Chemnitz" by subsequent designation (Senior objective synonym of Hemitapes. Subsequently to Kobelt, Dall, 1902, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26: 360, designated Venus exalbida Dillwyn [also an originally included species] as type species).
• Nipponomarcia Ikebe, N. 1941. A catalogue of Japanese Calliostoma. Venus 2, 3 11: 54-63 [54].

  Type species:

   Katelysia nakamurai Ikebe, 1941 by original designation.
• Hemitapes Römer, 1864 [Malakozoologische Blätter, 11: 83; Junior objective synonym of Marcia, with the same type species].

  Type species:

   Venus pinguis Chemnitz by subsequent designation (Stoliczka, 1870, Cretaceous fauna of southern India, 3, the Pelecyporiginal designationa: 144;).

 

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.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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. (on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [154, pl. 75]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N684]

 

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
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	13-May-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED