Species Anomalodiscus squamosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus squamosa 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. [688].
• Venus roemeri Dunker, W. 1860. Neue Japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 6: 221-240 [221].

 

Generic Combinations

• Anomalocardia (Anomalocardiscus) squamosa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 465]
• Anomalodiscus squamosa (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. [378]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian to Western Pacific, from India to Japan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

In sandy mud, intertidal, marine, sand.

 

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. [330]

Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. 1977. Suite de révisions des Veneridae (Moll. Lamellibranchia) Chioninae, Samaranginae et complément aus Venus. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 106: 1-186 [51]

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. [378] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [126, pl. 61, fig. 465]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [304]

Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [594]

 

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. [330] (Scaled Venus)

Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [107] (Squamose Venus, Hoi Moo (Th.))

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [78, pl. 79D] (Scaly 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	25-Aug-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		08-Aug-2011	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		08-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED