Genus Megacardita Sacco, 1899

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megacardita Sacco, F. 1899. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVII. Torino : Carlo Clausen 102 pp., 14 pls. [9].

  Type species:

   Venericardia jouanneti Basterot, 1825 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Europe (Miocene), Africa to Australia and New Zealand

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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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. [659]

Oliver, P.G. 1982. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Parts 8 & 9. Carditacea and Crassatellacea. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales pp. 1-10 (pt. 8); pp. 1-6 (pt. 9). [6]

Vaught, K.C. 1989. A Classification of the Living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists Inc. xii, 195 pp. [128]

 

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		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CRASSATELLOIDEA	15-Mar-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		15-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		28-Feb-2011	MODIFIED