Species Timoclea marica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus marica Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [685].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, East Indies.
• Chione djiboutiensis Jousseaume, F. 1894. Diagnoses de coquilles se nouveaux Mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 8 4: 98-105 [105].
• Leukoma japonica Kira, T. 1955. Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha 204 pp. [115, pl. 57, fig. 17] [Kira MS. 1954].

 

Generic Combinations

• Timoclea marica (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [370]
• Timoclea (Glycydonta) marica (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [130, pl. 63, fig. 478]
• Antigona marica (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [23]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shell, subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

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 [796]

Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [298]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [501]

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. [370] (also on CD)

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 [23]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [130, pl. 63, fig. 478]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [161]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [193]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [125]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [12,13]

 

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. [329-30] (Marica Venus)

 

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	29-Aug-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		25-Aug-2011	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		04-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED