Genus Neolepton Monterosato, 1875

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• Neolepton Monterosato, T.A. di 1875. Poche note sulla Conchiologia mediterranea. Atti Accademia di Scienze, Lettere, e Arti di Palermo N.S. 5: 12 [12].

  Type species:

   Lepton sulcatulum Jeffreys, 1859 by subsequent designation, see Crosse, H. 1885. Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142.

  Secondary source:

   Salas, C. & Gofas, S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-79 [37].
• Davisia Cooper, J.E. & Preston, H.B. 1910. Diagnosis of new species of marine and freshwater shells from the Faulkland Islands, including descriptions of two new genera of marine Pelecypoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 110-114, plate IV, fig. 1-11 [113] [junior homonym of Davisia Del Guercio, 1909].

  Type species:

   Davisia cobbi Cooper & Preston, 1910 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N542].
• Notolepton Finlay, H.J. 1927. New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488-533 [463].

  Type species:

   Kellia antipoda Filhol, 1880 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Salas, C. & Gofas, S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-79 [37].
• Halodakra Olsson, A.A. 1961. Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific. Panamic - Pacific Pelecypoda: Paleont. Res. Inst. New York : Ithaca 574 pp., 86 pls. [319].

  Type species:

   Circe subtrigona Carpenter, 1857 by original designation.
• Neodavisia Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [37] [nom. nov. for Davisia Cooper & Preston, 1910].

  Type species:

   Davisia cobbi Cooper & Preston, 1910 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N542] (prepared by Chavan); Salas, C. & Gofas, S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-79 [37].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [321]
• Salas, C. & Gofas, S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-79 [37]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic Islands, New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Macquarie Island Province (24), 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)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [166]

Laseron, C. 1953. Minute bivalves from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2): 33-54 [48]

Monterosato, T.A. di 1875. Poche note sulla Conchiologia mediterranea. Atti Accademia di Scienze, Lettere, e Arti di Palermo N.S. 5: 12 [12]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N542]

Ponder, W.F. 1969. Notes on two neoleptonid bivalve molluscs. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3: 262-273

Salas, C. & Gofas, S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-79 [35]

Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Government Printer xxii, 1210 pp. [924]

 

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	14-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	21-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		14-Jul-2011	MOVED
		14-Jul-2011	MODIFIED