Species Pharaonella perna (Spengler, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina perna Spengler, L. 1798. Over det toskallede slaegt Tellinerne. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. Kjøbenhavn 4(2): 67-127 [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMC, Fra Ostinidien.
• Tellina pallescens Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [84].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, East Indian Seas.
• Tellina sulphurea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [523].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MHNG, habite l'Ocean Indian.
• Tellina latirostra Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [523].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG, les mers de l'Inde.
• Tellina venusta Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [368].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Sandwich Islands.
• Tellina semilaevis Martens, E.K. von 1865. Descriptions of new species of shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 16: 428-432 [429].

  Type data:

   Holotype Querimba Islands ner Mozambique.
• Tellina tenuilirata Sowerby, G.B. 1868. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 43-54 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [pl. 43, fig. 253] [non tenuilirata Sowerby, 1867].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 77.5.12.75, locality unknown.
• Tellina beadleianus Tryon, G.W. Jr 1868. Catalogue of the Family Tellinidae. American Journal of Conchology Suppl. 4: 71-126 [82] [new name for Tellina tenuilirata Sowerby, 1868, non Sowerby, 1867].
• Tellina tenuisulcata Sowerby, G.B. 1869. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 1, 55-58 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [index p. 4] [new name for tenuilirata Sowerby, 1868 non tenuilirata Sowerby, 1867].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pharaonella perna (Spengler, 1798).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tellina (Pharaonella) perna Spengler, 1798. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [90, pl. 43, fig. 303]
• Pharaonella aurea auct. —
  Mastaller, M. 1978. The marine molluscan assemblages of Port Sudan, Red Sea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 53(13): 117-144 [140] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific; south to central Queensland, south Western Australia (Lampr 1992); Red Sea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South China Sea, Hainan, Taiwan, Okinawa to Honshu, Japan (Bernard, Cai & Morton1993); east coast of Africa to southern Japan and Polynesia (Kay 1979)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

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. [90]

Boss, K.J. 1969. The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 138(4): 81-162 [116-120, pl. 8, figs. 1-4]

Gofas, S. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Pharaonella perna (Spengler, 1798). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605927 (Accessed on 2015-03-24. Alternate representation of Tellina perna Spengler, 1798)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [563, fig. 183E-F]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [153]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [296]

 

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	TELLINOIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	30-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		23-Jun-2011	MODIFIED