Genus Philobrya J.G. Cooper, 1867

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• Bryophila Carpenter, P.P. 1864. Diagnoses of new forms of mollusks collected at Cape St. Lukas by Mr. J. Xantus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 13: 311-315 [314] [junior homonym of Bryophila Treitschke, 1825 [Lepidoptera]].

  Type species:

   Bryophila setosa Carpenter, 1864 by monotypy.
• Philobrya Cooper, J.G. 1867. Geographical catalogue of the Mollusca found west of the Rocky Mountains, between latitudes 33° and 49° north. San Francisco, California : Geological Survey of California pp. 1-40. [12] [replacement name; for Bryophila Carpenter, 1864, not Bryophila Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera). Although Cooper does not explicitly state that this is a replacement name, he does list the type species and hence vaildates the new name (Rocroi & Bouchet unpublished index of bivalve genera)].

  Type species:

   Bryophila setosa Carpenter, 1864 by monotypy.
• Hochstetteria Velain, C. 1877. Description des mollusques. Passage de Venus sur le soliel (Décembre 1874). Expedition française aux Îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam. Zoologie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 6: 1-143 [129] [not available (nomen nudum) from Vélain, 1876, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 83: 285].

  Type species:

   Hochstetteria aviculoides Vélain, 1877 by subsequent designation, see Kobelt, W. 1881. Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2 pp. 313-392. [364].
• Philippiella Martens, E. von & Pfeffer, G. 1886. Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der ausbeute der Deutschen station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 3: 63-135, pl. 1-4 [119] (Pfeffer ms).

  Type species:

   Philippiella quadrata Pfeffer, 1886 by subsequent designation, see Dell, R.K. 1964. Antarctic and subantarctic Mollusca: Amphineura, Scaphopoda and Bivalvia. Discovery Reports 33: 93-250 pls 2-7 [162].
• Notomytilus Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, Scientific Reports, Series C: Zoology & Botany 4(1): 1–80 [20].

  Type species:

   Philippiella rubra Hedley, 1904 by original designation.
• Stempellaria Clasing, M. 1918. Die anatomie von Stempellaria magellanica und das buccale nervensystem von Margaritifera vulgaris Schum. Mitteilungen der Zoologisch Institut Westfälisch Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Westfalen 1. pp. 22-26 [22].

  Type species:

   Avicula (Meleagrina) magellanica Stempell, 1899 by monotypy.
• Stempellia Odhner, N.H. 1921. Mollusca from Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island 3. pp. 219-254, pl. 8, 9 [221] [junior homonym; not Stempellia Léger & Hesse, 1910].

  Type species:

   Avicula aequivalvis Odhner, 1921 by subsequent designation, see Dell, R.K. 1964. Antarctic and subantarctic Mollusca: Amphineura, Scaphopoda and Bivalvia. Discovery Reports 33: 93-250 pls 2-7 [162].
• Micromytilus 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] [335].

  Type species:

   Myrina crenatulifera Tate, 1892 by original designation.

 

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.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

South Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), 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)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

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] [70, Micromytilus and 69, Notomytilus]

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. [590-591]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [72] (Micromytilus)

Tevesz, M.J. 1977. Taxonomy and ecology of the Philobryidae and Limopsidae (Mollusca: Pelecypoda). Postilla 171: 1-65 [20, 23]

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	05-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Sep-2010	MODIFIED