Species Megacardita turgida (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardita turgida Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [22].
• Cardita sowerbyi Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Cardita, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 20 for 1852: 100-103 [“received from the printer” 23 May, 1854] [103].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Swan River, WA.
• Cardita incrassata Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [5].

 

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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Megacardita incrassata Sowerby, 1825. —
  Wells, F.E. & Threlfall, T.J. 1980. A survey of the softbottom molluscs of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. The Veliger 23: 131-140 [135]
• Cardites sowerbyi (Deshayes, 1854).
• Megacardita turgida (Lamarck, 1819).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Megacardita cf. incrassata (Sowerby, 1825).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W to NE Australia

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

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] (synonymy)

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]

 

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	28-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	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