Species Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Avicula heteroptera Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 16, fig. 67] [junior homonym; not Avicula heteroptera Lamarck, 1819].
• Austropteria saltata Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [205] [replacement name; for Avicula heteroptera Reeve, 1857 non Lamarck, 1819].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM C.54689 (Specimens under this number (two separated pairs) are recorded in the AMS collection as "possible syntypes". They are labelled "Caloundra" in Iredale's handwriting. Huber (2010, p. 601) points out that in Iredale (1962, p. 10, sp. 81) a locality of "Port Jackson NSW" is given, which he interprets as the type locality), Caloundra, QLD [26°49‘1.2‘S 153°10‘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 saltata (Iredale, 1931). —
  Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [163]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pteria sibogae non Prashad, 1932 [misidentification; is Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931)]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [98, figs. 236-237]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

General References

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [163, fig. 481]

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.

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 [10, sp. 81]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [98, figs. 236-237] (as Pteria sibogae)

 

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
	PTERIOIDEA	13-Mar-2013	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)