Species Placamen gravescens (Menke, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus gravescens Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [43].

Generic Combinations

• Antigona gravescens (Menke, 1843). —
  Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [165] (New combination)
• Placamen gravescens (Menke, 1843). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [128, pl. 62, fig. 473]
• Chione gravescens (Menke, 1843). —
  Deshayes, G.P. 1853. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalves Shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Veneridae, Cyprinidae and Glauconomidae. London : British Museum 292 pp. [122] (New combination)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand bottom marine, shallow subtidal.

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. [368] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [128, pl. 62, fig. 473]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [78, pl. 79C] (Heavy Venus)

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