Species Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca granosa Linnaeus, C. 1758. System Naturae. Regnum Animale. Cura Societatis Zoologicae Germanicae. 10th Edition. 824 pp. [694].

  Secondary source:

   Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [235] (reference to original description).
• Arca cuneata 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. VI, fig. 37 changed combination].
• Anadara thackwayi Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [332, pl. 46, figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.53280 dry, Sydney, Maroubra Beach, New South Wales, Australia [33°57‘0‘S 151°15‘25.2‘E].
• Telligarca granosa bessalis 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 [281].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.79061 dry, Cape York Peninsula, Albany Passage, Queensland, Australia [10°45‘0‘S 142°37‘1.2‘E].
• Mabellarca disessa 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 [265, pl. 3, figs. 13, 13a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60281 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘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. [141, text fig.; 573] (Huber also lists the additional synonyms: Arca aculeata Bruguière, 1789; Arca nodulosa Lightfoot, 1786; Arca corbicula Gmelin, 179; Arca corbula Dillwyn, 1817; Anomalocardia pulchella Dunker, 1868; Anadara bisenensis Schrenck & Reinhart, 1938; Arca obessa Kotaka, 1953; Arca granosa kamakuraensis Noda, 1966)

 

Generic Combinations

• Anomalocardia granosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Dunker, W. 1882. Index molluscorum maris Japonici conscriptus et tabulis iconum xvi illustralus. Cassel : Theodori Fischer i-vii, 301 pp., pls 1-16. [233]
• Arca (Anadara) granosa Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Pilsbry, H.A. 1895. Catalogue of the Marine Mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns. Detroit : F. Stearns viii, 196 pp., pls 1-11. [149]
• Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Habe, T. 1965. Anadarinae in Japan and its adjacent areas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 8: 73-84 [93]
• Arca (Anomalocardia) granosa Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Kobelt, W. 1891. Conchylien Cabinet. Vol. 8(2) 214 pp. [38, pl. 3, fig. 7]
• Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [54, fig. 78]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In mud, in sand, intertidal.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [255]

Blackburn, H. & Green, J. 1976. Marine shells of the Darwin area. Darwin : Museums and Art Galleries Board of the Northern Territory pp. 1-23. [no. 82]

Garcia, A.A. & Oliver, G. 2008. Title: Species discrimination in seven species of Barbatia (Bivalvia: Arcoidea) from Thailand with a redescription of B. grayana (Dunker, 1858). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology supplement 18: 7-23

Habe, T. 1965. Anadarinae in Japan and its adjacent areas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 8: 73-84 [73]

Hedley, C. 1918. Narrative of an expedition of exploration in North Western Australia by Herbert Basedow. Special Report. Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 18: 263-283 [264]

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. [141, text fig.; 573]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [8] (as Tegillarca thackwayi)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [54, fig. 78]

Narasimham, K.A. 1988. Taxonomy of the blood clans Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa (Linnaeus, 1758) and A. (T.) rhombea (Born, 1780). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 30(1-2): 200-205

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [8]

Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [235] (extensive list of references)

Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [133] (list of references and note of fossil history)

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [148, fig. 550]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [255] (used for the available name Anadara thackwayi) (Thackway's Ark)

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. (species 15; used for the available name Arca granosa) (The Granulous Ark, Wedge-Like Ark)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [36] (Granular Mud Ark)

 

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)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
28-Aug-2012		28-Aug-2012	MOVED
29-Jan-2013		27-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED