Species Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pinctada penguin Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [167].
• Avicula lotorium Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [147].
• Avicula macroptera Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [147].
• Avicula semisagitta Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [146].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Habite l'Océan asiatique austral; Huber (2010) cites Shark Bay, WA.

  Type locality 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.
• Magnavicula bennetti Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [331].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60340, Torres Strait, Thursday Island, QLD [10°34‘58.8‘S 142°13‘1.2‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pteria macroptera (Lamarck, 1819). —
  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 [155]
• Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [94]
• Pteria semisagitta (Lamarck, 1819).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Magnavicula bennetti non Iredale, 1939 [misidentification. Is Pteria mcccullochi (Iredale, 1939)]. —
  Shirai, Shohei 1994. Pearls and pearl oysters of the world. Okinawa, Japan : Marine Planning Co. 108 pp. [21]

 

Introduction

Huber (2010) also provides the following synonyms:

Mytilus morio "Leach" Dillwyn, 1817
Avicula heteroptera Sowerby I, 1826 non Lamarck, 1819
Avicula savignyi Reeve, 1857 (Vietnam) non Deshayes, 1830
Avicula signata Reeve, 1857 (no loc.,BMNH) non Hall, 1843 (=foss.,SHE)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Epifaunal

 

General 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. [260, 261, pl. 31, fig. 7] (A Magnavicula macroptera)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [177, pl. 62, fig. 1]

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [160, fig. 179]

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [10, pl. 2, no. 35]

Hanley, S. 1843. Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells. London : Williams & Norgate 392 pp. [261] (as Avicula semisagitta Lamarck, 1819)

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [94, fig. 224]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155]

Maoxian He, Liangmin Huang, Jianhua Shi & Yinping Jiang 2005. Variability of ribosomal DNA ITS-2 and its utility in detecting genetic relatedness of Pearl Oyster. Marine Biotechnology, 7(1), 40-45. pp. 40-45

Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds) 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [590]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [62] (synonomy, biology, ecology, distribtuion)

Reid, R.G.B. & Brand, D.G. 1985. Some unusual renal characteristics of the bivalves Pteria penguin, Spondylus nicobaricus and Spondylus barbatus. Morton, B. & Dudgeon, D. The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. 2. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 6-24 April 1983. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press. pp. 513-518

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [369, fig. 412]

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 [284] (as Avicula macroptera)

Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y. & Kato, M. 2011. Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 97-104

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [156, fig. 574]

 

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. [260] (for Magnavicula macroptera) (Black Banded Winged Pearl Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [p. 42, pl. 43C] (Penguin Wing Oyster)

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	16-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED