Species Trapezium oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chama oblonga 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. [692].
• Trapezium guinaca Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [28].
• Trapezium modesta Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu. [14, pl. 2, figs 8-9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Réunion.
• Cypricardia duperreyi Férussac, D. De & Deshayes, G.P. 1820-1851. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Paris : Arthus-Bertrand 4 vols 247 pls. [27, pl. 27].

 

Generic Combinations

• Trapezium (Trapezium) oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Trapezium oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt and Israel. Indo-Pacific; Christmas Island and Coral Sea Territory added from Australian Museum reference collection records.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, marine, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Sheltered habitats: byssally attached to coral blocks and occasionally nestling in crevices in coral blocks or rocks

 

General References

Gofas, S. 2004. Trapezium oblongum. World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141693 (Accessed on 2015-04-24)

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. [356, 708, on CD]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [566]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [171]

Solem, A. 1954. Living species of the pelecypod family Trapeziidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 31: 64-84 [66-68]

 

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	ARCTICOIDEA	30-Mar-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		22-Mar-2011	MODIFIED