Species Musculus (Musculus) alganus Laseron, 1956
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Musculus alganus 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 [268, figs 13, 14].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90538, on algae in rock pools, Yamba, New South Wales, Australia [29°25‘58.8‘S 153°21‘28.8‘E].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Musculus (Musculus) alganus Laseron, 1956.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Habitat: tide pools; substrate: algal turf.
General References
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. [90, fig. 206]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Sep-2012 | 01-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 20-Sep-2010 | 16-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 27-May-2013 | 16-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |