Species Philobrya laevis Thiele, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

• Philobrya laevis Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [252, pl. 17, fig. 17].
• Mytilus meridionalis Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [273, pl. 16, figs 3, 3a] [junior homonym; not of Krauss, 1848].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Powell, A.W.B. 1957. Mollusca of Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition B 6: 107-150 [115]

 

Generic Combinations

• Philobrya meridionalis (Smith, 1885). —
  De Broyer, C., Clarke, A., Koubbi, P., Pakhomov, E., Scott, F., Vanden Berghe, E. & Danis, B. 2010. RAMS. Philobrya meridionalis (Smith, 1885). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) at http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197361. 2010-12-06.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Island record from Australian Museum mollusc collection (as Philobrya laevis Thiele, 1912)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 275 m

 

General References

De Broyer, C., Clarke, A., Koubbi, P., Pakhomov, E., Scott, F., Vanden Berghe, E. & Danis, B. 2010. RAMS. Philobrya meridionalis (Smith, 1885). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) at http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197361. 2010-12-06.

Dell, R.K. 1964. Antarctic and subantarctic Mollusca: Amphineura, Scaphopoda and Bivalvia. Discovery Reports 33: 93-250 pls 2-7 [168-169]

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. [590] (on CD)

Powell, A.W.B. 1957. Mollusca of Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition B 6: 107-150 [115]

 

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)
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
		06-Dec-2010	ADDED