Species Solecurtus sulcatus (Dunker, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macha sulcatus Dunker, W. 1862. Solenacea nova collectionis Cumingianae descripta a Guilielmo Dunker. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 418-427 [424].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, East Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Solecurtus sulcatus (Dunker, 1861). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [118, pl. 57, fig. 437]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

2-9 m. Deeply buried in sand.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [186-187, pl. 68, fig. 3]

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [13, pl. 3, no. 3]

Huber, M. 2010. Solecurtus sulcatus (Dunker, 1862). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507345 (Accessed on 2015-03-12)

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. [348, CD: line 11671]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [20] (Sulcate Sunset Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [72, pl.73A] (Sulcate Solecurtus)

 

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	TELLINOIDEA	25-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		21-Jun-2011	MODIFIED