Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

History of changes

• Limatula (Limatuletta) japonica colmani Fleming, C.A. 1978. The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(1): 17-91 [74, fig. 79].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.103896 dry, Arafura Sea, c. 100 miles north of Croker island, Northern Territory 9º30'S, 132º34'E [9°30‘0‘S, 132°34‘1.2‘E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limatula colmani Fleming, 1978. —
  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. [on the CD]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Timor Sea, Arafura Sea

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine.

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [38, pl. 17, fig. 103]

History of changes

• Limatula (LImatula) powelli powelli Fleming, C.A. 1978. The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(1): 17-91 [54, figs. 30, 32-34, 36, 39].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Limatula powelli powelli Fleming, C.A. 1978. The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(1): 17-91 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ M.58356, Station AUZ 53, 805 m, (440 fathoms) north of Three Kings Islands [34º01’S 172 º07’E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limatula powelli powelli Fleming, 1978. —
  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. [on CD] (not placed in a subgenus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

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. [on the CD]

History of changes

• Lima (Limatula) simillima Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [226, pl. 17, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB Moll 63.092a 10 mm valve (Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition), Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 385 m [66°02'09"S, 89°38'05"E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [50, pl. 6, fig. 7].

Generic Combinations

• Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912). —
  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. [on CD]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum-Antarctic; Davis Sea; Gauss Station

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

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. [on CD]

History of changes