Species Nemocardium probatum (Iredale, 1927)
Bechi Cockle (for bechei misidentification for Australia)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pratulum probatum Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [333, pl. 46, fig. 8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.28434, Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia [30°52'58.8"S, 153°4'1.2"E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Lord Howe Island added from Australian Museum reference collection records
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, sublitoral.
Extra Ecological Information
45-150 m.
General 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. [319, pl. 37, fig. 25]
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [262, pl. 716]
Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [12, pl. 13, figs 15, 16]
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. [306] (CD: line 10242)
Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [333, pl. 46, fig. 8]
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 [21]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [68, fig. 216] (as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) bechei)
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [186, pl. 26, fig. 18]
ter Poorten, J. 2013. Nemocardium probatum (Iredale, 1927). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746066 (Accessed on 2015-02-02)
Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [62, pl. 1, figs 15-19, text fig. 7] (as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) bechei)
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. [319, pl. 27, fig. 25] (Bechi Cockle)
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 | CARDIIDAE | 02-May-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |