Species Striarca symmetrica (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca symmetrica Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Arca. pp. Plate III-XVII in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 17, species 117].

  Secondary source:

   Smith, E.A. 1884. An account of the land and freshwater Mollusca collected during the Voyage of the "Challenger" from December 1872 to May 1876. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 258-281 [111].
• Gabinarca protrita 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 [286, pl. 3, figs 19, 19a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.170916, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22'58.8"S 145°34'1.2"E].
• Striarca oyamai Habe, 1953.

 

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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Arcopsis protrita (Iredale, 1939).
• Striarca symmetrica (Reeve, 1844).
• Arcopsis symmetrica (Reeve, 1844).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Arca (Barbatia) symmetrica Reeve, 1844. —
  Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [111]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Wide distribution from the Persian Gulf through central Indo-Pacific to Japan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached by byssus to rock or stone in shallow water

 

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64] (as Arcopsis symmetrica (Reeve, 1844))

 

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	23-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
		23-Jan-2013	ADDED