Species Anadara (Anadara) trapezia (Deshayes, 1840)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca trapezia Deshayes, G.P. 1840. Chironia laperousii, Modiola cultellus, Pholas janelli, Pholas concamerata, Petricola cordieri, Petricola arcuata, Petricola cylindracea, Arca trapezia. Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) pl. 12-20 [pl. 21].
• Anadara nicholsoni Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [332, pl. 46, figs 6, 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.53260 dry, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia [26°49‘1.2‘S 153°10‘1.2‘E].
• Anadara trapezia posita 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 [278, pl. 3, figs 6, 6a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.13010 dry, inner beach, Moreton Bay, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia [27°34‘58.8‘S 153°28‘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

• Anomalocardia trapezia (Deshayes, 1840). —
  Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits etc. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 912-935 [931]
• Barbatia trapezia (Deshayes, 1840). —
  Tate, R. 1887. A revision of the Recent lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 76-111 [102-103]
• Anadara (Anadara) trapezia (Deshayes, 1840). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [54, fig. 77]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Population in WA is an isolated instance; generally thought to have recently become extinct along SA and WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

In mud, in sand, intertidal.

 

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. [255]

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [14, fig. 8]

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130 [128]

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] [44, text fig 25]

Crozier, M. 1962. New Zealand occurences of the Sydney Mud Cockle, Anadara trapezia (Deshayes). Records of the Dominion Museum 4(13): 143-148 [143-148] (discussion of recent fossil records in New Zealand)

Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1908. Additions to and revision of the Catalogue of Victorian marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 21(1): 368–391 [389]

Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489 [471]

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M5] (as Arca trapezia)

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. [137, text fig.]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [8]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [54, fig. 77]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [38]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1984. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia. South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Handbook 9: 1-327 [144, figs 61, 69a, b]

Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [228-229]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [274, fig 313]

May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [8]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 2, fig. 4]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [18]

Murray-Wallace, C.V., Beu, A.G., Kendrick, G.W., Brown, L.J., Belperio, A.P. & Sherwood, J.E. 2000. Palaeoclimatic implications of the occurrence of the arcoid bivalve Anadara trapezia (Deshayes) in the Quaternary of Australasia. Quaternary Science Reviews 19(6): 559-590 [559-590] (distribution)

Oliver, W.R.B. 1923. Notes on New Zealand pelecypods. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15(4): 179-188 [183]

Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [81]

Plant, R.J. 1957. Existing beds of the bivalve Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1840 in Westernport Bay, Victoria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 34-35 [34-35]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 17(1): 220-266 [242] (bibliography, observations)

Sullivan, G.E. 1961. Functional morphology, micro-anatomy, and histology of the 'Sydney Cockle', Anadara trapezia (Deshayes) (Lamellibranchia: Arcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 9(2): 219-257 [219-257]

Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1888. On the anatomy and life history of Mollusca peculiar to Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 22: 106-187 [123]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [148, fig. 549]

 

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. [255] (used for the available name Anadara trapezia) (Sydney Cockle)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [14] (Mud Ark)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [36] (Trapezoid Mud Ark)

 

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)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		01-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		14-Sep-2010	MODIFIED