Species Pillucina pacifica Glover & Taylor, 2001
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pillucina pacifica Glover, E. & Taylor, J.D. 2001. Systematic revision of Australian and Indo-Pacific Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Pillucina, Wallucina and descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 53(3): 263-292 [266, figs 2a-g, 3].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.355685, Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [16°36'S, 145°58'58.8"E].
Paratype(s) AM C380464 3 paired valves, same data as Holotype; BMNH 2000204 3 single valves, same data as Holotype.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Torres Strait south through Great Barrier Reef and offshore islands to off Cape Moreton, QLD; New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
30(120)m; on sand among coral heads
General References
Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [161, figs 33; 34C]
Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit & Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [on CD]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2024 | IMPARIDENTIA Bieler et al., 2014 | 02-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 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 | 31-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | LUCINOIDEA | 12-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 19-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |