Species Ovacuna atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
Atkinson's Cuna
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kellia atkinsoni Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [158-159].
Type data:
Syntype(s) TM 7419/E78, Long Bay, Tasmania. - Cuna solida Cotton, B.C. 1931. Pelecypoda of the Flindersian Region, Southern Australia, No. 2. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(3): 333-354 [Date published June 30] [349, fig. 15].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.10156, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia
Comment: 20 fathoms [37 m]. - Warrana eccentrica Laseron, C. 1953. Minute bivalves from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2): 33-54 [44, figs 25, 25a].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90565, Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales [34°51'S, 150°52'1.2"E]
Comment: 36-46m. Pre 1951. Dredged. Coll. C.F. Laseron.
Generic Combinations
- Carditella atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [435, pl. 27, fig. 107] - Cuna atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Hedley, C. 1902. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 285-324 [315] - Cuna (Ovacuna) atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Noonan, P. 1986. Bass Strait bivalves of the Cuna group. Australian Shell News 53: 4-6 [5, figs 1, 2] - Saltocuna atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [272] - Ovacuna atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877). —
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. [304] - Saltocuna (Ovacuna) atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, mud-silt, sand, seagrass, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Alive at 25-35 m, shells 4-295 m
General References
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 [16]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. (p. 174, fig. 504 as Cuna solida, p. 176, fig. 510 as Saltocuna (Ovacuna) atkinsoni)
Middelfart, P. 2002. Revision of the Australian Cuninae sensu lato (Bivalvia: Carditoidea: Condylocardiidae). Zootaxa 112: 1-124 [56-62, figs 21, 24a-j, 25A, B, 26a-k, table 15]
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. [304, fig. 8] (Atkinson's Cuna)
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 | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | CRASSATELLOIDEA | 15-Mar-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 09-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED |