Species Mysella donaciformis Angas, 1878

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• Mysella donaciformis Angas, G.F. 1878. Descriptions of ten species of marine shells from the province of South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 861-864 [863, pl. 54, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1879.1.31.6, Holdfast and Aldinga Bays, St Vincent's Gulf, South Australia.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Rochefortia donaciformis (Angas, 1878) [misidentification, sensu Laseron (1956:18)]. —
  Hedley, C. 1902. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27: 7–29 [7, pl. I, figs 10-14]

 

Introduction

Several ecological studies exist where this species has been recorded

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, marine, sand, shelly bottom, sublittoral, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

1 - 273m

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. The Molluscs of South Australia. Part 1. The Pelecypoda. Adelaide : Government Printer 314 pp. [Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia] [224]

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] [153, 524, 4 text figs; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [162, fig. 442]

Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [88]

 

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)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	GALEOMMATOIDEA	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		05-May-2011	MODIFIED