General References

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. [341-342]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [131]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [22, 364-367]

History of changes

History of changes

• Cultellus Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [130].

  Type species:

   Cultellus magnus Schumacher, 1817 by monotypy (Cultellus magnus is a substitute name for Solen lacteus Spengler, 1794).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East India, Mauritius

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180]

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] [N611] (as genus of CUTELLIDAE)

History of changes

• Cultellus attenuatus Dunker, W. 1862. Solenacea nova collectionis Cumingianae descripta a Guilielmo Dunker. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 418-427 [322, pl. 2, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippines.
• Pharella wardi Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [269, pl. 31, figs 5-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57810, Albany Passage, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia [10°45'0"S, 142°37'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sandy mud, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow but commonly washed ashore after storms.

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180, fig. 524]

Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [31]

von Cosel, R. 2009. Cultellus attenuatus Dunker, 1862. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216468 (Accessed on 2015-01-21)

History of changes

• Solecurtus tenerior Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [706, pl. 80, figs 43-44].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.10077, Cardwell, Queensland, Australia [18°16'1.2"S, 146°1'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Siliqua tenerior (Hedley, 1915). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180, fig. 526]
• Cultellus tenerior (Hedley, 1915).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Commonly washed ashore after storms

General References

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180, fig. 526]

von Cosel, R. 2009. Cultellus tenerior (Hedley, 1914). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413695 (Accessed on 2017-05-30)

History of changes

• Ensiculus Adams, H. 1860. On two new genera of Acephalous Mollusks. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 369 [Date of publication uncertain; published between August 1860 and March 1861] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28(3): 369; Ensiculus H.Adams 1861 reported by Bouchet].

  Type species:

   Solen cultellus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180]

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] [N612] (as subgenus of Phaxas)

History of changes

• Solen cultellus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [673].
• Ensiculus hilaris Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [284, pl. 20, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60612, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S, 151°13'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180, fig. 525]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [103]

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 [25]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180, fig. 525]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [137]

von Cosel, R. 2009. Ensiculus cultellus Linnaeus, 1858. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413700 (Accessed on 2015-01-21)

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [227] (For Phaxas hilaris) (Knife Finger Oyster)

History of changes

History of changes

• Siliqua Mergerle von Mühlfeld, J.C. 1811. Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. Magazin Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 38-72 [44].

  Type species:

   Solen radiatus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [180]

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] [N612] (as genus of CULTELLIDAE)

History of changes

• Solen albidus Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1850. Mollusca. pp. 45-87 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve Vol. 3. [84, pl. 23, fig. 15].

Generic Combinations

• Siliqua albida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-China. 2 lots in Australian Museum reference collection (e.g. C.450426)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

von Cosel, R. 2010. Siliqua albida (Adams & Reeve, 1850). World Register of Marine Species. Accessed on 2012-02-06. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413702

History of changes