Species Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902
Decorated Nut Shell
Compiler and date details
May 2017 - Burghardt, I.
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Pronucula decorosa Hedley, C. 1902. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis, off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 287-324 [290, fig. 39].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.13209 (mis-cited as C.12309 in Bergmans (1978)), 5-8 mls off Port Kembla, New South Wales, 115-138 m [34°30‘21.6‘S, 151°0‘54‘E].Secondary source:
Bergmans, W. 1978. Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Records of the Australian Museum 31(17): 673-736 [Date published 31 Dec] [698]. - Nucula (Pronucula) decorosa Hedley, 1902.
- Nucula decorosa Hedley, 1902.
Generic Combinations
- Nucula decorosa (Hedley, 1902). —
Bergmans, W. 1978. Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Records of the Australian Museum 31(17): 673-736 [Date published 31 Dec] [698, fig. 72] - Nucula (Pronucula) decorosa (Hedley, 1902).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Bergmans (1978) mentions an older record from WA that needs verification, and a probable extension of distribution into Tasmania and South Australia
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Bergmans, W. 1978. Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Records of the Australian Museum 31(17): 673-736 [Date published 31 Dec] [698, fig. 72]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.
General References
Bergmans, W. 1968. A survey of the species of the genus Pronucula in New South Wales. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 71-78 [73, pl. 11, figs 1a-c]
Bergmans, W. 1969. Description of a new Pronucula (Bivalvia, Nuculidae) from New South Wales and additional notes on some other species of the same genus. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 61-63 [63]
Bergmans, W. 1978. Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Records of the Australian Museum 31(17): 673-736 [Date published 31 Dec] [698, figs 42-44]
Bouchet, P. 2013. Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722858 (Accessed on 2017-06-02)
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] [30, fig. 6]
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M3]
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 [7]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [32, fig. 9]
Marshall, B.A. & Spencer, H.G. 2013. Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. Molluscan Research 33(1): 40-49
May, W.L. 1915 [1916]. Additions to the Tasmanian Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1915: 75-99 [issued separately 31 December 1915] [81, pl. 8, figs 42, 42a]
May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 1, fig. 1]
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. [247, fig. 3] (Decorated Nut Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Aug-2012 | 16-Aug-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Oct-2014 | 09-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Oct-2014 | 04-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |