Species Striarca pisolina (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arca pisolina Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [41].
• Arca lactea gibba Krauss, F. 1848. Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap - und Natallandes und zur geographischen Verbreitung derselben. Stuttgart : Ebner & Seubert 140 pp. 6 pls. [16] [as Arca lactea var. gibba Krauss, 1848].
• Gabinarca pellita 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 [285, pl. 3, figs 18, 18a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.170915, Queensland Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 

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

• Fossularca gibba (Krauss, 1848).
• Arcopsis gibba (Krauss, 1848).
• Striarca pisolina (Lamarck, 1819). —
  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.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64] (misidentification)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only East Africa, Natal to Tanzania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

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 afra Gmelin, 1791)

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] (as Gabinarca pellita Iredale, 1939)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [64] (as Acropsis afra (Gmelin, 1791))

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
		24-Jan-2013	ADDED