Species Minnivola pyxidata (Born, 1778)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea sulcata Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3325] [junior homonym of sulcata Mueller, 1776 and Born 1778].
- Ostrea pyxidata Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp. [93].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW 1822, locality unknown. - Pecten crebicostatus Philippi, R.A. 1845. Abbildungen und Beschriebungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer 40 pp. [100, pl. 1, fig. 2].
- Minnivola isomeres 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 [364].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Dijkstra, H.H. & Beu, A.G. 2018. Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae). Records of the Australian Museum 70(2): 113-330 [295]
Generic Combinations
- Minnivola pyxidata (Born, 1778). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [32, pl. 14, fig. 85]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cassini Island, WA (125°38'E) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27°31'S) and possibly NSW (see Lamprell & Whitehead, 1992); tropical, Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Living among seaweed on muddy sand sediments
General References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [26]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Beu, A.G. 2018. Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae). Records of the Australian Museum 70(2): 113-330 [295]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [32, pl. 14, fig. 85] (and p 32 as M. isomeres)
Mahidol, C. et al. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among nine scallop species (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of one mitochondrial and three nuclear gene regions. Journal of Shellfish Research 26(1): 25-32 [26, 29]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [172, pl. 120, figs 1, 4-7; pl. 121 figs 1-7]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [53, pl. 20, fig. 2] (as Pecten (Minnivola) pyxidatus)
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) |
| 02-Apr-2020 | PECTINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 | 31-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |