Species Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Camp Venus, Chocolate Flamed Venus Shell, Tent Venus Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Status unknown, "in O. utriusque" [=both East and West Indies].- Venus lorenziana Chemnitz, J.H. 1795. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 11 312 + 124 pp., pls 174 -213. [222,pl. 200, fig. 1961-1962].
- Venus fulminea 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] [181].
- Cytherea ornata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [568] [junior homonym; not Cytherea ornata Dillwyn, 1817].
Generic Combinations
- Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 69, fig. 543] - Lioconcha castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lamprell, K & Healy, J.M. 2002. A review of the Indo-Pacific Lioconcha Morch (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae), including a description of four new species from Queensland, New Caledonia and the Philippine Islands. Molluscan Research 22(2): 101-147 [103]
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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, sand.
General References
Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. Sur des Veneridae de l'Ocean Indien Occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). Téthys 5(2-3): 267-316 [286]
Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [501]
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. Lioconcha and Pitar species from the Mascarene and Andaman Islands, with a note on Pitar bucculentus (Röemer, 1862) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 42-51 [43]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [142, pl. 69, fig. 543]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [185]
Van Der Meij, S.E.T., Moolenbeek, R.G. & Dekker, H. 2010. The Lioconcha castrensis species group (Bivalvia : Veneridae), with the description of two new species. Molluscan Research 30(3): 117-124
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. [325] (Chocolate Flamed Venus Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [203] (Tent Venus Shell)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [76, pl. 77G] (Camp 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 | 31-Aug-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 31-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |