Species Neotrigonia uniophora (Gray, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trigonia uniophora Gray, J.E. 1847. Description of some new marine shells. Appendix 10. pp. 355-362 in Jukes, J.B. (ed). Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846: together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2. [361, pl. 2, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Cuming Collection, Cape York, Queensland, 6 fathoms [12 m]
  Comment: original reference seen.
• Trigonia jukesii A. Adams, A. 1850. Monograph of the recent species of Trigonia, including the description of a new species from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849(17): 159-160, pl. 153 [159, pl. 3, figs. 4-6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Cuming collection, Cape York, 6 fathoms
  Comment: original reference seen.

 

Generic Combinations

• Neotrigonia uniophora (Gray, 1847).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Point Cloates, WA to Bowen, QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 70 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. [277]

Darragh, T.A. 1986. The Cainozoic Trigoniidae of Australia. Alcheringa 10: 1-34 [30-32, fig. 11F]

Hedley, C. 1918. Narrative of an expedition of exploration in North Western Australia by Herbert Basedow. Special Report. Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 18: 263-283 [265]

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.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [305]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [40, no. 113]

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [23, pl. 1, fig. 16] (23, pl. 1, fig. 17 as Trigonia uniophora Gray, var. crebrisculpta n. var.)

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [225]

 

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. [277] (Northern Trigonia)

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
30-Apr-2013		01-May-2013	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED