General 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.

History of changes

General 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.

History of changes

Introduction

Nucinellidae is here treated as a separate family following Oliver & Taylor (2012). Bieler, Carter & Coan (2010) and Carter et al. (2011), however, treated Nucinellidae as a synonym of Manzanellidae.

General References

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [115]

Carter, J.G., Altaba, C.R., Anderson, L.C., Araujo, R., Biakov, A.S., Bogan, A.E., Campbell, D.C., Campbell, M., Chen, J.H., Cope, J.C.W., Delvene, G., Dijkstra, H.H., Fang, Z.J., Gardner, R.N., Gavrilova, V.A., Goncharova, I.A., Harries, P.J., Hartman, J.H., Hautmann, M., et al. 2011. A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4: 1-47

Oliver, P. G. & Taylor, J.D. 2012. Bacterial symbiosis in the Nucinellidae (Bivalvia: Solemyida) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78: 81-91 [87-88]

History of changes

• Huxleyia Adams, A. 1860. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 5: 299-303 [303].

  Type species:

   Huxleya sulcata A. Adams, 1860 by monotypy, see Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, part R: Arthropoda. Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America, Boulder, and University of Kansas Press Vol. 4. [N269].
• Cyrilla Adams, A. 1860. Mollusca Japonica: new species of Chrysallida and Parthenia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 5: 477-479 [478] [replacement name; unjustified replacement name for Huxleyia Adams, 1860. Nom. nov. pro Huxleyia A. Adams, 1860, by Adams who believed the name to be preoccupied; perhaps by Huxleya Dyster, 1858 [Bryozoa]?].

  Secondary source:

   Vokes, H.E. 1956. Some pelecypod illustrations of the effect of the Copenhagen Decision defining the limits of generic homonymy. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 765-768 [767] (discussion of the generic synonyms of Huxleyia); Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N269].
• Diabolica Jousseaume, F.P. 1897. Description d'une coquille nouvelle. Le Naturaliste 2 11(257): 265 [Date published 15 Nov.] [265].

  Type species:

   Diabolica diabolica Jousseaume, 1897 by absolute tautonymy, see Jousseaume, F.P. 1897. Description d'une coquille nouvelle. Le Naturaliste 2 11(257): 265 [Date published 15 Nov.] [265].
• Cyrillista Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [160].

  Type species:

   Nuculina concentrica Verco, 1907 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Vokes, H.E. 1956. Some pelecypod illustrations of the effect of the Copenhagen Decision defining the limits of generic homonymy. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 765-768 [767].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vokes, H.E. 1956. Some pelecypod illustrations of the effect of the Copenhagen Decision defining the limits of generic homonymy. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 765-768 [767]
• Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N269]
• Coan, E.V. & Valentich-Scott, P. 2012. Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2 vols. pp.1258.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific, Japan, Red Sea, NE Pacific

IMCRA

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)

Distribution References

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [244]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184

Bieler, R. & Mikkelsen, P.M. 2006. Bivalvia–a look at the branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 223–235 [228]

Bouchet, P. 2012. Huxleyia A. Adams, 1860. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492059 (Accessed through on 2017-05-16)

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. [528]

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.

Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N269]

Perna, R. la 2005. A gigantic deep-sea Nucinellidae from the tropical West Pacific (Bivalvia: Protobranchia). Zootaxa 881: 1-10

Vokes, H.E. 1956. Notes on the Nucinellidae (Pelecypoda) with description of a new species from the Eocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 652-671

History of changes

• Nucilina (Cyrilla) concentrica Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [220, pl. 27, figs. 4-4b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA D13052, 104 fathoms, 35 miles south-west of Neptune Islands, South Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Pleurodon concentrica (Verco, 1907). —
  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. [253]
• Cyrillista concentrica (Verco, 1907). —
  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] [53, fig. 34]
• Huxleyia concentrica (Verco, 1907). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70, fig. 127]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 82 m

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. [253, fig. 5]

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] [53-54, fig. 34]

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. [528]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70, fig. 127]

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. [253, fig. 5] (Concentric Pleurodon)

History of changes

• Pleurodon Wood, S.V. 1840. On the Fossil Shells of the Crag. Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 230-234, pl. [Date published May 1840] [230] [invalid name; junior homonym of Pleurodon Harlan, 1831 [Mammalia]; see Nucinella].

  Type species:

   Pleurodon ovalis Wood, 1840 by monotypy, see Wood, S.V. 1840. On the Fossil Shells of the Crag. Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 230-234, pl. [Date published May 1840] [230, pl. 13, fig. 1].
• Nucilina D'Orbigny, A.D. 1844. Paléontologie française. Terrains crétacés. Vol. 3 pp. 1-288. [161] [invalid name; not Nucilina "Filippi" Porro, 1837].

  Type species:

   Nucula miliaris Deshayes, 1829 by monotypy, see Deshayes, G.P. 1829. Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris. I. Conchifères. pp.171-242. [235, pl. 36, figs 7-9].
• Nucinella Wood, S.V. 1851. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Palaeontological Society, London Vol. 2. [72] (new name for Pleurodon Wood, 1840. Date of publication is uncertain; it could be 1851. Wood had a heading of Nucinella, with "Nucula (sp.) Deshayes, 1829, Pleurodon S. Wood, 1840, and Nuculina d'Orbigny, 1845, sec. Gray" given as synonyms. This has been interpreted by Vokes (1980) in Genera of the Bivalvia: 22, as a nom. nov. pro Pleurodon Wood, 1840, non Harlan, 1834. The type species of Pleurodon is P. ovalis S. Wood, 1840, which is listed in 1850 in the synonymy of Nucula miliaris Deshayes, 1829, the only species included in Nucinella).

  Type species:

   Pleurodon ovalis S.V. Wood, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Stoliczka, F. 1870. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Volume III, The Pelecypoda. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India suppl. 5(1-4): 1-222, pls 1-12.
• Cyrillona Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [160].

  Type species:

   Cyrilla dalli Hedley, 1902 by original designation.
• Neopleurodon Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M. 1940. Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part I. Zoologica (New York) 25(4): 369-430, 2 pls [419].

  Type species:

   Pleurodon subdolus Strong & Hertlein, 1937 by original designation, see Strong, A.M. & Hertlein, L.G. 1937. The Templeton Crocker expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932, No. 35. New species of Recent mollusks from the coast of western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 22(6): 159-178, pls 34, 35.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vokes, H.E. 1956. Notes on the Nucinellidae (Pelecypoda) with description of a new species from the Eocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 652-671
• Vokes, H.E. 1967. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue. Bulletin of American Paleontology 51(232): 1-394 [151]
• Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N269]
• Vokes, H.E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: A Systematic and Bibliographic Catalogue (revised and updated). New York : Paleontological Research Institution 307 pp. [22]
• 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. [92 and on CD]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Florida to Bahamas, eastern Pacific (California and Mexico), Brazil, Gulf of Aden, southern and eastern Africa, Philippines, Japan, southern Australia and New Zealand

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [244]

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] [52] (General reference)

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. [92 and on CD]

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 [8] (general reference; as Cyrillona Iredale, 1929)

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N269]

Oliver, P. G. & Taylor, J.D. 2012. Bacterial symbiosis in the Nucinellidae (Bivalvia: Solemyida) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78: 81-91 [88]

Perna, R. la 2005. A gigantic deep-sea Nucinellidae from the tropical West Pacific (Bivalvia: Protobranchia). Zootaxa 881: 1-10

Vokes, H.E. 1956. Notes on the Nucinellidae (Pelecypoda) with description of a new species from the Eocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 30(3): 652-671

History of changes

• Cyrilla dalli Hedley, C. 1902. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 285-324 [296, fig. 44].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.13224 dry shells, in mub and pebbles, 5-8 nautical miles off Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia. 115-137 m [34°30'21.6"S, 151°0'54"E].
• Pleurodon hedleyi Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. The Molluscs of South Australia. Part 1. The Pelecypoda. Adelaide : Government Printer 314 pp. [Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia] [57, fig. 39].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13150, 183 m, 40 nautical miles south of Cape Wiles, South Australia.

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. [on CD]

Generic Combinations

• Nucinella dalli (Hedley, 1902). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70, fig. 129]
• Nucinella hedleyi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70, fig. 128]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

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] [53, fig. 35] (as Nucinella hedleyi)

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M5] (as Cyrilla dalli)

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. [528]

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 [8]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [70, fig. 129]

History of changes

General 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.

History of changes

• Solemyidae Gray, 1840 [justified emendation of Solenomyadae by H. & A. Adams (1857: 481)].

  Type genus:

   Solemya Lamarck, 1818.
• Solenomyadae Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London : G. Woodfall and Son 42nd Edn., 1st impression (16 October 1840), [iv] + 370 pp. [136, 150] [incorrect original spelling, based on Solenomya, an incorrect subsequent spelling by Children (1823) of Solemya. Solemyacidae [as used by Dall, 1896] and Solenomyacidae [as used by Dall, 1908] are incorrect subsequent spellings. First corrected to Solemyidae by H. & A. Adams (1857: 481)].
• Acharacinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979.

Introduction

The family in Australia was reviewed by Taylor et al. (2008). They recognised four described species, and identified a further three species for which there was insufficient material to justify formal description. The undescribed species were listed as: Solemya (s.l.) undesctibed species, Solemya (Solemyarina) species A, and Solemya (Solemyarina) species B.

General References

Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1857. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXIX-XXXII) pp. 413-540, pls 113-128. [481]

Allen, J.A. & Hannah, F.J. 1986. A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology 32: 225-249

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563.

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [115] (higher classification)

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. [525-528]

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

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp.

Maxwell, P.A. 1988. Comments on "A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)" by J.A. Allen and F.J. Hannah (1986). Journal of Conchology 33: 85-96

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1)

Vokes, H.E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: A Systematic and Bibliographic Catalogue (revised and updated). New York : Paleontological Research Institution 307 pp.

History of changes

• Solemya Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [488].

  Type species:

   Solemya mediterranea Lamarck, 1818 by subsequent designation, see Children, J.G. 1823. Lamarck's genera of shells, translated from French. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts 15: 216-258 (= as Solenomya mediterranea Lamarck, 1818 = Tellina togata Poli, 1791).

  Secondary source:

   Vokes, H.E. 1955. Notes on Tertiary and Recent Solemyacidae. Journal of Paleontology 29: 534-545 [534]; Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N242].
• Solenimya Bowdich, T.E. 1822. Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Pt. 2. Paris : Smith illustrated pp. [8] [error for Solemya Lamarck, 1818].
• Solenomya Children, J.G. 1823. Lamarck's genera of shells (with plates), continued. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts 14(28, art 5): 298-322 [300] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Solemya Lamarck, 1818, name not available].
• Stephanopus Scacchi, A. 1833. Osservazioni Zoologische. Napoli Vol. 1+2 27 pp. [5].

  Type species:

   Solenomya mediterranea Lamarck, 1818 by original designation.
• Solenymia Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [366] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Solemya Lamarck, 1818, name not available].
• Solenymya Schaufuss, L.W. 1869. Molluscorum Systema et Catalogus. System und Aufzählung sämmtlicher Conchylien der Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Dresden : O. Weiske pp. i-xiv, 1-119. [21] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Solenymia Swainson, 1840, name not available].

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. [on CD]

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N243]
• Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Oman, Japan, Mozambique, North Korea, South Korea, Yellow Sea

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General 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. [525-526]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [80-81]

History of changes

• Austrosolemya Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [81].

  Type species:

   Solemya australis Lamarck, 1818 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

History of changes

• Solemya australis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [489] [no. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, King Georges Sound, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [489].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Solemya (Solemyarina) australis Lamarck, 1818. —
  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. [91, text fig., 525]
• Solemya (Solemya) australis Lamarck, 1818. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 48]
• Solemya (Austrosolemya) australis Lamarck, 1818. —
  Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [83, figs 3a-j]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

In mud, in sand, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal - 10m; in fine benthic silt or among eelgrass, able to swim

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. [246]

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. [91, text figs 525-526]

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [184]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 48] (distribution)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [274]

Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [81]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 17(1): 220-266 [228]

Tate, R. 1887. A revision of the Recent lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 76-111 [99]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [83, fig. 3A-J]

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. [246] (Date Shell, The Solemya)

History of changes

• Solemyarina Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [202].

  Type species:

   Solemya velesiana Iredale, 1931 by original designation.
• Zesolemya 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 [233].

  Type species:

   Solemya parkinsoni Smith, 1874 by original designation.
• Solemyaria Habe, T. 1951. Genera of Japanese Shells: Pelecypoda. Kyoto : T. Habe Vol 1. 96 pp., 192 figs. [17] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Solemyarina Iredale, 1931].

  Secondary source:

   Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N243].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N243]
• 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. [on CD]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General 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. [90 and on CD]

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 [232-233]

McMichael, D.F. & Vooorwinde, J. 1966. Illustrations of unfigured New South Wales marine molluscs, Part 1. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 10: 13-20, pls 12, 13 [15]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N243]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [81]

History of changes

• Solemya terraereginae Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [262].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.10074, Great Barrier Reef, Green Island, off Cairns, Queensland, Australia [16°46'1.2'S, 145°58‘1.2'E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Solemya (Solemyarina) velesiana Auct. [Is S. terraereginae]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 49]
• Solemya (Solemyarina) terraereginae Auct. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 49]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand.

General 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. [526-527]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 49] (Misidentification - species identified as S. velesiana is S. terrarreginae)

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [85, fig. 5A-G]

History of changes

• Solemya velesiana Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.7476, mud and weed bottom, east side The Spit, Middle Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°48‘21.6‘S, 151°14‘49.2‘E].

Generic Combinations

• Solemyarina velesiana (Iredale, 1931). —
  Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [202]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Solemya (Solemyarina) velesiana Auct. [not S. velesiana, is S. terraereginae]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

In sand, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Dredged to 10 m

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. [246]

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. [527]

McMichael, D.F. & Vooorwinde, J. 1966. Illustrations of unfigured New South Wales marine molluscs, Part 1. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 10: 13-20, pls 12, 13 [15, pl. 2, figs 1-4]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [81, 83, fig. 4A-H]

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. [246] (Little Solemya)

History of changes

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Solemya moretonensis Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [85-89, figs 6A-G].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Mo74208, Moreton Bay, north end of Moreton I., Queensland, 31 m. [26° 56.60’ S, 153° 24.25’ E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

General References

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [85-89, figs 6A-G]

History of changes