Species Paphia (Paphia) polita (Sowerby, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tapes polita Sowerby, G.B.II 1852. Artemis, Lucinopsis, Tapes, Clementia. In, Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2. [682, pl. 115, fig. 15-16].
• Paphia wellsi Iredale, T. 1958. Some molluscan name changes. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1956-57: 103-104 [104].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.14855 dry, beach, Gulf of Carpentaria, Forsyth Island, Queensland, Australia [16°49'58.8'S, 139°5'60'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Paphia (Paphia) polita (Sowerby, 1852). —
  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. [422]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Paphia semirugata Philippi, 1847 [misidentification]. —
  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 [23, no. 385]
• Paphia (Paphia) semirugata Philippi, 1847 [misidentification]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [156, pl. 76, fig. 606]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, intertidal flats, mangroves, marine, mud, sand.

 

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. [334]

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. [422, 724] (also on CD)

 

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. [334] (refers to synonym Paphia wellsi for Paratapes wellsi) (Weaver Tapes)

 

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	04-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED