Pitar Römer from Australian and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae)

Twenty seven species of Pitar (Veneroidea, Veneridae) occur in Australian waters. All are figured and described, including four new species, P. (Hyphantosoma) caperi sp. nov., P. (Pitarina) queenslandica sp. nov., P. (P.) curnowae sp. nov. and P. (P.) thornleyae sp. nov. and one new record P. (H.) intricata (Dautzenberg, 1907). P. (H.) caperi sp. nov. is also recorded from New Caledonian waters. P. (Hyphantosoma) is recorded from Australia for the first time, with five species assignable including three formerly included in P. (Pitarina) viz. P. (H.) spoori Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990, P. (H.) nancyae Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 and P. (H.) limatula (Sowerby, 1853)

New species of Pteriidae, Pinnidae, Veneridae, Euciroidae and Corbulidae from Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneroida)

Seven new species of bivalves from Australia are figured and described: Pteria howensis sp. nov and P. cooki sp. nov. (Pteriidae); Atrina (Servatrina) palmensis sp. nov. (Pinnidae); Dosinia carpentariana sp. nov. (Veneridae); Euciroa queenslandica sp. nov. (Euciroidae); Corbula (Serracorbula) moretonensis sp.nov and C. (Anisocorbula) stephensoni sp. nov. (Corbulidae). All species are from Queensland except Pteria howensis, which is known only from Lord Howe Island

The \u27water-trap\u27 spiny oyster, Spondylus varius G.B. Sowerby I, 1827 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Spondylidae) from Australia

Volume: 46Start Page: 577End Page: 58