Species Arthritica semen (Menke, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pisidium semen Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [40, sp.232].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUZ (Mousson collection), Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMUZ 3, same data as Lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [37].
• Erycina helmsi Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [701, pl. 80, figs 37-39].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.37572 24, Dee Why Lagoon, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [on CD]

 

Generic Combinations

• Melliteryx helmsi (Menke, 1843). —
  Kershaw, R.C. 1955. A systematic list of the Mollusca of Tasmania, Australia. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 289-355 [297]
• Arthritica helmsi (Hedley, 1915). —
  Jones, B.G., Young, R.W. & Eliot, I.G. 1979. Stratigraphy and chronology of receding barrier-beach deposits on the northern Illawarra coast of New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 26: 255-264 [260-261]
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [156]
• Lasaea semen (Menke, 1843). —
  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [37]
• Australpera semen (Menke, 1843). —
  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [195]
• Arthritica semen (Menke, 1843). —
  Chalmer, P.N., Hodgkin, E.P. & Kendrick, G.W. 1976. Benthic faunal changes in a seasonal estuary of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 383-409 [396] (possible new combination, but see Ponder (2023))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, free-living, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In lagoons within 50mm of sediment or in Zostera beds

 

General References

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [107, 464; on CD]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [20] (as Melliteryx)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [156] (as helmsi)

Laseron, C. 1956. A Revision of the New South Wales Leptonidae. Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Records of the Australian Museum 24(2): 7-21, text-figs 1-27 [13, figs 16, 16a, 16b] (As Melliteryx)

May, W.L. & Macpherson, J.H. 1958. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells revised by J. Hope Macpherson. Hobart : Government Printer 54 pp. [12, pl. 8, fig. 9] (as Melliteryx)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	IMPARIDENTIA Bieler et al., 2014	05-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
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)
	BIVALVIA	23-Jun-2017	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)