Species Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amussium meridionale Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [316, pl. 24].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [3-5] (see for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Variamussium meridionale (Smith, 1885). —
  Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [37]
• Propeamussium meridionale (Smith, 1885). —
  Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [65]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

This species has been collected between Australian and the Australian Artarctic Territory, Tasman Sea and Lord Howe Rise although no record points to a record inside Australia EEZ. General distribution Madadgascar to Chile

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal, continental rise, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Recorded live in 649-4810 m

 

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [37-39]

Dijkstra, H. 2010. Propeamussium meridionale (Smith, 1885). De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197392 [Accessed on 2011-08-23]

Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. pp. 9-73 in Bouchet, P. (ed). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires de Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 167: 1-654 [19-21, figs 15-18, 143-146]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Maestrati, P. 2008. New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 196: 77-113 [83]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [3-5]

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.

 

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)
02-Apr-2020	PECTINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815	12-Feb-2020	MODIFIED
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
		17-Feb-2011	ADDED