On the occurrence of the genus Callocardia in Australian waters, with the description of a new Species

Abstract

Callocardia thorae, new species, described from twelve dredging stations off the central part of the east coast of Australia between the Capricorn Channel, Queensland and North Solitary Island, New South Wales, represents the first report of the occurrence of the bivalve genus Callocardia in Australian waters, and apparently the first south of the Gulf of Siam. The average depth of the species along the east coast is 139 metres.