Species Mesocibota bistrigata (Dunker, 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca bistrigata Dunker, W. 1866. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer Vol. II. A. XX 83-90 pp., pl. 28-30. [87, pl. XXX, 4 figs 4-6].
• Arca adamsiana Dunker, W. 1866. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer Vol. II. A. XX 83-90 pp., pl. 28-30. [88, pl. XXIX, figs 4-6].
• Mesocibota luana 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 [295].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.18696 dry, Port Curtis, off Gatcombe Head, Queensland, Australia [23°53‘60‘S 151°22‘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. [562] (Huber also lists the additional synonyms Barbatia paulucciana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876; Arca fischeri Lamy, 1907, Hawaiarca miikensis Noda, 1966; Arca obtusa var. duplicostata Grabau & King, 1928)

 

Generic Combinations

• Barbatia (Nipponarca) bistrigata (Dunker, 1866). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [44]
• Nipponarca bistrigata (Dunker, 1866). —
  Habe, T. 1951. Genera of Japanese Shells: Pelecypoda. Kyoto : T. Habe Vol 1. 96 pp., 192 figs. [34]
• Mesocibota bistrigata (Dunker, 1866). —
  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. [132, text fig.; 562]
• Barbatia (Mesocibota) bistrigata (Dunker, 1868).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific; NT and WA records from the Australian Museum Sydney collection

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal, shelly bottom, subtidal.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1917. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 680–719 [680] (as Arca adamsiana)

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. [132, text fig.; 562]

Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [520] (synonymy)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [44, fig. 53] (distribution, synonymy)

Noetling, F. 1901. Fauna of the Miocene Beds of Burma. Memoirs. Geological Survey India, Palaeontologia Indica 1(3): 1-378, pls 1-25 [141]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [849, text fig. 19]

 

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-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
18-Oct-2010		18-Oct-2010	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		18-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED