Species Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Mactra pellucida Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3260] [cites Chemnitz, 1782: p. 235, t.24, f.234; according to
this belongs to genus Psammophila and generic placement is problematic]. Type data:
Status unknown, New Guinea. - Spisula fragilis Gray, J.E. 1837. A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and authors cabinet; with descriptions of new species. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 1: 370-376 [373].
- Standella hubbardi Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [268, pl. 30, figs 11,12].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.51843, Innisfail (mouth), Queensland, Australia [17°30'28.8"S, 146°3'50.4"E].
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. [760] (more synonyms embedded in text)
Generic Combinations
- Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791).
- Spisula pellucida (Gnelin, 1791). —
Gray, J.E. 1837. A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and authors cabinet; with descriptions of new species. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 1: 370-376 [373] (new combination)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- "Mactra" pellucida Gmelin, 1791. —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [82]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Arabia to China (not Japan)
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.
Extra Ecological Information
In lagoons deeply burrowing in fine sand and mud, also fringes of mangrove areas
General References
Huber, M. 2010. Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505778 (Accessed on 2015-04-20)
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [82, pl. 39, fig. 274]
Vongpanich, V. 2000. Family Mactridae (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in Thai waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 21: 483-498 [491]
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 | 28-Jun-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 13-May-2011 | MODIFIED |