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Species Verilarca (Verilarca) bivia Iredale, 1939

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Arca (Fossularca) sinensis Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931 [junior homonym; not Philippi 1851].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60309 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22'58.8"S 145°34'1.2"E].
Verilarca bivia 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 [289, pl. 3, figs 23, 23a].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60309 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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

Arcopsis bivia (Iredale, 1939). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64, fig. 105]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Verilarca (Verilarca) bivia Iredale, 1930. —
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. [146, text fig.; 576]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

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. [146, text fig.; 576]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64, fig. 105]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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-Jan-2013		22-Jan-2013	MOVED
03-Sep-2012		21-Aug-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)