Species Notocallista kingii (Gray, 1826)
King's Cockle, King's Venus Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Cytherea kingii Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [476].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania. - Cytherea lamarckii Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. Analyst 8: 302-309 [308].
- Cytherea rutila Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1851. Monographs of the genera Mereo, Cytheraea, Circe. 611-646, pls 127-136 in Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 (12). [743, pl. 163, fig. 205].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. (see CD for additional synonym)
Generic Combinations
- Callista (Notocallista) kingii (Gray, 1826). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [142, pl. 69, fig. 540]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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
Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal.
General References
Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [9]
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. [408, 734] (also 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 [22]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [142, pl. 69, fig. 540]
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1903. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 16(1): 96-139 [130]
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. [324, pl. 34, fig. 14] (King's Venus Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [203, pl. 569] (King's 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 | VENEROIDEA | 12-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |