Species Tellinota imbellis (Hanley, 1844)

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• Tellina imbellis Hanley, S. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Tellina, chiefly collected by H. Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands and Central America:continued. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844(Part 12): 68-72, 140-144, 146-149 [published: pp. 68-72, Settembre 1844; pp. 140-144, Dicembre 1844; pp. 147-149, Dicembre 1844] [143].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Tellina semiplana Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 19-42 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [pl. 39, fig. 222].
• Tellina denticulata Tryon, G.W. Jr 1868. Catalogue of the Family Tellinidae. American Journal of Conchology Suppl. 4: 71-126 [104] [non Deshayes, 1854, in part].
• Tellina aldingensis Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [66, pl. 5, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Aldinga Bay, South Australia.
• Tellina beryllina Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [211] [nom. nov. pro. Tellina inequivalvis Sowerby, 1867, non Linnaeus, 1758].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Qld.
• Tellina tortuosa Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 19-42 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [pl. 39, fig. 224].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tellinota aldingensis (Tate, 1887). —
  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] [269-270, fig. 293]
• Pharaonella beryllina (Iredale, 1924). —
  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 [24]
• Tellinota imbellis (Hanley, 1844). —
  Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [618; on CD]
• Macomona semiplana (Sowerby, 1867). —
  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 [24]
• Macomona tortuosa (Sowerby, 1867). —
  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 [24, no. 410]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tellina (Macomona) imbellis Hanley, 1844. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [96, pl. 46, fig. 332]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

15 - 31m; in sand

 

General References

Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [208, 618, 740, 4 text figs; on CD]

Ponder, W.F. 1975. Notes on the synonymy of four Australian tellinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 3(2): 111-119 [115-116, pl. 10, figs 1-5]

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	30-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		23-Jun-2011	MODIFIED