Species Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Twisted Ark, Yonge's Twisted Ark
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Holotype LS, Mysol, Papua New Guinea (Iredale, 1939).Type locality references:
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 [270]; Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [515].Secondary source:
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 [270].- Trisidos yongei 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 [272, pl. III, figs 3, 3a].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90221 dry, Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia [23°55‘1.2‘S 151°22‘58.8‘E]. - Trisidos tortuosa addita 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 [272].
- Trisidos tortuosa cingalena 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 [272].
- Trisidos yongei archeri 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 [272].
- Trisidos yongeri reevei 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 [272].
- Trisidos yongei lamyi 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 [272].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [52]
- 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. [134, text fig.; 565] (Huber also lists the additional synonym: Parallelepipedum fauroti Jousseaume, 1888)
Generic Combinations
- Arca (Trisidos) tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758. —
Lynge, H. 1909. Marine Lamellibranchiata. The Danish Expedition to Siam 1899-1900. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 7(5): 1-299 [31] - Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [52, fig. 74] - Arca (Parallelepipedum) tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758. —
Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds) 1889. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8, Part 3. [7-8, pl. 1, figs 1-2] - Trisidos (Arca) tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [175] - Parallelipedum tortuosum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Morlet, L. 1889. Catalogue des coquilles recuillies, par M. Parvie, dans le Cambodge et le Royaume de Siam, et description d'espèces nouvelle (1). Journal de Conchyliologie 37: 121-199 [163]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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
Shallow subtidal, shelly bottom, subtidal.
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. [252, text fig. 9]
Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [88, pl. 82, fig. 8]
Habe, T. 1964. Notes on the Strange Ark Shell Trisidos Röding. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 7(3): 255-257, 1 pl. [Date published 31 Oct.] [256] (synonymy)
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [154] (as Arca tortuosa)
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 [270-272]
Kilburn, R.N. 1983. The recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2): 511-548 [515]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [52, fig. 74] (ecology, distribution, synonomy)
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [37] (Biology and ecology, synonomy, anatomy)
Oyama, K. 1974. Revision of the genus Trisidos (Bivalvia: Arcidae). Venus 33(4): 125-127 [126]
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [148, fig. 548]
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. [256] (used for the available name Trisidos yongei) (Twisted Ark, Yonge's Twisted 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 86] (Twisted Ark)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
28-Jul-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
29-Jan-2013 | 08-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 01-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |