Species Mactra (Mactra) pura Reeve, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra pura Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Mactra. pls 1-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 12, fig. 53].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Mactra australis Sowerby, 1839 [non Lamarck].

 

Generic Combinations

• Trigonella pura (Reeve, 1854). —
  Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190) [645] (new combination)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Mactra) pura Reeve, 1854. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 36, fig. 242]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

VIC added from Australian Museum reference collection records

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Common in sand at low tide.

 

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] [290]

Huber, M. 2010. Mactra pura Reeve, 1854. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505706 (Accessed on 2015-04-01)

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. [442; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [76]

Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [147]

 

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. [348] (Pure Trough Shell)

 

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	MACTROIDEA	04-Dec-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED