Species Tapes belcheri Sowerby, 1852

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tapes belcheri Sowerby, G.B.II 1852. Artemis, Lucinopsis, Tapes, Clementia. In, Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2. [685, pl. 147, fig. 50-1].
• Tapes obscurata Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [9].
• Tapes grata Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [9-10].
• Tapes quadriradiata Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [9, pl. 19, fig. 6].
• Tapes phenax Pilsbry, H.A. 1901. New Mollusca from Japan, the Loo Loo Islands, Formosa and the Philippines. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 53: 193-210 [207].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Zanzibar to Philippines

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. Revision des Tapetinae (mollusques bivalves). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 71: 1-106, pls 1-16 [25]

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. [420] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [150, pl. 73, fig. 586]

 

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	VENEROIDEA	10-Oct-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		04-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Nov-2013	MODIFIED