Species Poroleda spathula Hedley, 1915
Spathula Nut Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Poroleda spathula Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [696, pl. 78, fig. 17, 18].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.13212, 5-3 ml off Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia. 63-75 fathoms [34°30‘21.6‘S, 151°0‘54‘E]. - Poroleda flindersi Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [159].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.30787, north of Cape Borda, South Australia, Australia [35°31‘1.2‘S, 136°34‘58.8‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [38]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Leda ensicula Auct. [misidentification; is Poroleda spathula]. —
Hedley, C. 1902. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898. Mollusca. Part 1. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 285-324 [293, fig. 41]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, in sand, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 110 m (see Lamprell & Healy 1998)
General References
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 [7]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [38, fig. 33]
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. [248, fig. 8] (Spathula Nut Shell)
History of changes
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| 23-Oct-2014 | 18-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |