Species Miratacar wendti (Lamy, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca wendti Lamy, A. 1907. Révision des Arca vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 55: 1-111 [45, pl. I, figs 11, 12, 13].
• Miratacar wendti michaelis 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 [267, pl. 2, figs 16, 16a, 16b].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60284 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36‘0‘S 145°58‘58.8‘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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Barbatia (Barbatia) wendti (Lamy, 1907). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [48, fig. 63]
• Miratacar wendti (Lamy, 1907). —
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock bottom.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [423]

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]

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 [266-267, pl. 2, figs 16, 16a, 16b]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [48, fig. 63]

 

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)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
28-Aug-2012		28-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED