Species Placamen placidum (Philippi, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus placida Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [128, pl. 2, fig. 2].
• Venus roborata Hanley, S. 1845. Descriptions of new species of Cyrena, Venus and Amphidesma. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844, Part 12: 159-162 [161].
• Placamen placidum molimen Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [256].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.49924 dry, Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia [37°4'58.8'S, 149°54'0'E]; AM C.108309 dry, Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia [37°4'58.8'S, 149°54'0'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Placamen placidum (Philippi, 1844). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [128, pl. 62, fig. 469]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [252]

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. (on CD)

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]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [128, pl. 62, fig. 469]

 

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. [327-8] (Placid Frilled Venus)

 

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