Species Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pectunculus vitrea Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [54].
• Pectunculus novaguineensis Angas, G.F. 1879. Descriptions of ten new species of Axinaea and Pectunculus in the collections of Mr. Sylvanus Hanley and the late Mr. T. L. Taylor. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 417-420, pl. 35 [420, pl. 35, fig. 10].
• Melaxinaea labyrintha Iredale, T. 1930. Queensland Molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 73–88 [73, pl. 9, figs 1-4] [original reference seen].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57744 dry, Albany Passage, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 9-12 fathoms [10°45‘0‘S 142°37‘1.2‘E].
• Melaxinaea litoralis Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [203].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.51838 dry, Innisfail (mouth), Queensland, Australia [17°30‘28.8‘S 146°3‘50.4‘E]; AM C.77105 dry, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [19°16‘1.2‘S 146°49‘1.2‘E].

 

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. [156, text fig.; 584] (Huber also lists the additional synonym: Pectunculus angasi Crosse, 1880)

 

Generic Combinations

• Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 4, fig. 25]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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, sand bottom marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 20 m

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [252] (as M. labyrintha)

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. [156, text fig.; 584]

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 [303] (also as M. labyrintha and M. littoralis)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 4, fig. 25] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

Matsukuma, A. 1980. Glycymeridid bivalves from Japan and adjacent areas. Part 2, Indo-Western Pacific species of Melaxinaea Iredale, 1930 (Pliocene to Recent). Acta Geologica Polonica 2 30: 199-213 [201, pl. 1, figs 1-3, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 4, fig. 2] (synonymy, illustration, description, distribution)

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [187]

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [22, pl. 1, figs 12, 13]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [253]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [p.252] (Granulated Dog Cockle)

 

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)
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
01-Oct-2010		01-Oct-2010	MOVED
		30-Sep-2010	MODIFIED