Species Modiolatus victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903)
Victoria's Horse Mussel
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Modiola victoriae Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1903. On Some New Species of Victorian Mollusca, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 16(1): 92-95, pl. 15 [93, pl. 15, figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Holotype Western Port, Vic, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Modiolus victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903). —
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [183, 197] - Modiolatus victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903).
- Modiolus (Modiolus) victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Substrate: sand.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [350, text fig.]
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [197]
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 [13]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [84, fig. 179]
Laseron, C. 1956. New South Wales Mussels - a taxonomic review of the family Mytilidae from the Peronian Zoogeographical Province. The Australian Zoologist 12(3): 263-283, figs 1-53 [271, figs 31, 32]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [286, 288, fig. 328]
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 17(1): 220-266 [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. [293] (Victoria's Horse Mussel)
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) |
| 06-Sep-2012 | 06-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 27-May-2013 | 15-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |