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Species Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to New Caledonia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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, subtidal.

 

General References

Bonfitto, A., Sabelli, B., Tommasini, S. & Herbert, G. 1994. Marine molluscan taxa from Mozambique described by G.G. Bianconi and preserved in the Zoological Museum of the University of Bologna. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 133-138 [135,136]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. Contribution a la connaissance des Veneridae du Mozambique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 40(4): 784-796 [792]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [296]

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 [22]

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. [421, 740] (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. 585]

Matsukuma, A. 1986. Studies on the Kawamura collection (Mollusca) in the National Science Museum, Tokyo-III. Genus Tapes Megerle, 1811, with description of a new species. Venus 1 45(1): 11-30 [24-5] (Type information)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [190]

Oliver, P.G. 1995. Bivalvia. pp. 194-281 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai, UAE : Motivate Publishing. [274]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
25-Jul-2011 MODIFIED