Species Rhomboidella rhyllensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1912)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Modiolaria rhyllensis Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1912. On some new species of Victorian marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 25(1): 167-168, pl. 9 [p.167, pl.9, f.9,10].
- Exosiperna concava Cotton, B.C. 1931. Pelecypoda of the Flindersian Region, Southern Australia, No. 2. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(3): 333-354 [Date published June 30] [340, fig. 7].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.10135, Backstairs Passage, 110 fathoms.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Rhomboidella rhyllensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1912).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Dacrydium (Quendreda) radians Sutor, 1908 [misidentification]. —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [84] (according to Huber (2010) now known as Rhomboidella radians (Suter, 1908), restricted to New Zealand)
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265 [148]
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] [130, fig. 118] (as E. concava)
Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1916. Additions to the alterations in the Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 29(1): 106-113 [113]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [84, 186] (as Dacrydium (Quendrella) radians Suter, 1908; and, fig. 186 is a reproduction of Exosiperna concava from Cotton (1938))
Ockelmann, K.W. 1983. Descriptions of mytilid species and definition of the Dacrydiinae n. subfam. (Mytilidae - Bivalvia). Ophelia 22: 81-123 (discussion of the differences between the New Zealand radians and the Australian rhyllensis)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
03-Sep-2012 | 03-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
03-Sep-2012 | 03-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
27-May-2013 | 08-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |