Species Tucetona sordida (Tate, 1891)
Sordid Dog Cockle
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pectunculus sordidus Tate, R. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Australian Mollusca, recent and fossil. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 257-265 [Date published Dec] [264, pl. 11, fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype off Rapid Head, St. Vincent-Gulf, South Australia. - Glycymeris insignis Pilsbry, H.A. 1906. Description of a new Australian Glycymeris. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 58(1906): 213-214 [213, text fig.].
Type data:
Status unknown, Geographe Bay, Western Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 4, fig. 21]
- 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.
Generic Combinations
- Tucetona sordidus (Tate, 1891). —
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [280-281] - Glycymeris sordidus (Tate, 1891). —
Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [227-228]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 64 m
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. [251, pl 30, fig. 7] (as T. insignis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
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] [57, fig. 39] (as G. insignis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
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 [155]
Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [97]
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 [190]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 4, fig. 21] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [280, fig. 320] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)
Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [227]
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) |
| 29-Jan-2013 | 29-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Oct-2010 | 01-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |