Species Mysella vitrea Laseron, 1956
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Mysella vitrea Laseron, C. 1956. A Revision of the New South Wales Leptonidae. Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Records of the Australian Museum 24(2): 7-21, text-figs 1-27 [18, figs 24a, b].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.90577, Sydney, Port Jackson, North Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'28.8"S, 151°16'30"E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, sand, shelly bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
2m; free living on sand, facultative commensal with deep burrowing crustacean Tryphaea australiensis
General References
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]
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] [524; on CD]
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 [20]
Kerr, G. & Corfield, J. 1998. Association between the ghost shrimp Trypaea australiensis Dana 1852 (Crustacea : Decapoda) and a small deposit-feeding bivalve Mysella vitrea Laserson 1956 (Mollusca : Leptonidae). Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 49: 801–806
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [162, fig. 439]
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) |
| 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 |