Species Raeta (Raetella) pulchella (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Poromya pulchella Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1850. Mollusca. pp. 45-87 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve Vol. 3. [83, pl. 23, fig. 1].
• Mactra rostralis 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. 21, fig. 119].
• Raeta yokohamensis Pilsbry, H.A. 1895. Catalogue of the Marine Mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns. Detroit : F. Stearns viii, 196 pp., pls 1-11. [119, pl. 3, figs 4,5].
• Raetella tenuis Dall, W.H. 1898. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the silex beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River, including in many cases a complete revision of the generic groups treated of and thier American Tertiary species. Part IV. I. Prionodesmacea: Nucula to Julia. 2. Teleodesmacea: Teredo to Ervilia. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): 571-947, pls 23-35 [883].
• Raeta elliptica Yokoyama, M 1922. Fossils from the upper Musashineo of Kazusa and Shimosa. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 44(1): 1-200 [131, pl. 8, fig. 7].

 

Generic Combinations

• Raeta (Raetella) pulchella (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [246]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia, Australia north to Russia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Sublittoral 3 - 120 m, sheltered water and bays

 

General References

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [195]

Harry, H.W. 1969. Anatomical notes on the mactrid bivalve Raeta plicata Lamarck, 1818, with a review of the genus Raeta and allied genera. The Veliger 12(1): 1-23 [17]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [479]

Huber, M. 2010. Raeta pulchella (Adams & Reeve, 1850). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397181 (Accessed on 2015-04-21)

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. [453, 761, on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [246, fig. 746]

Morton, B. 2010. Form and functional morphology of Raetellops pulchella (Bivalvia: Mactridae): an example of convergent evolution with anomalodesmatans. Invertebrate Biology 129(3): 241-251

Purchon, R.D. & Morris, S. 1981. The marine shelled Mollusca of West Malaysia and Singapore. Part 3. Bivalvia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 47: 322-327 [325]

 

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	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED