Species Laevichlamys cuneata (Reeve, 1853)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten cuneatus Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 124, pl. 28, fig. 124] [replacement name; for Pecten irregularis].
- Pecten irregularis Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1842. Genera Pecten and Hinnites. 45-80, pls 12-20 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1(2). [69, pl. 13, figs 51-52] [junior homonym; not Pecten irregularis von Schlotheim, 1813].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1950.11.14.39, Eastern Seas. - Pecten multicolor Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1907. The marine mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 46(1): 119-157, 1 pl. [146].
- Chlamys midwayensis Habe, T. & Okutani, T. 1968. Some new and interesting shells from the sea around Midway Island. Venus 27(2): 47-56, pl. 3 [50, pl. 3, figs 2-3].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT, 400-460 m deep [35°15'N, 171°50'E].
Generic Combinations
- Laevichlamys cuneata (Reeve, 1853). —
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [198, pl. 142 figs 1, 5-6; pl. 151 fig. 4] - Chlamys (Chlamys) irregularis (Sowerby, 1842). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [20, pl. 8]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Point Quobba, WA to Gladstone, QLD, also Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea; Indo-Pacific, from eastern India to Kiribati
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, marine, mud, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
Byssally attached under coral
General References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1990. Three new pectinacean species from the Indonesian Archipelago collected during the Siboga expedition (1899-1900), with additional information and corrections on the previous report (Mollusca: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae). Beaufortia 40(1): 1-14 [11] (as Chlamys (Chlamys) irregularis)
Dijkstra, H.H. 1991. A contribution to the knowledge of the pectinacean Mollusca (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from the Indonesian Archipelago. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 271: 1-57 [31] (as Chlamys irregularis; synonymy Chlamys cookei Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 not included because of synonymy conflict with Rombouts (1991); Indonesian material, distribution, ecology, remarks)
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [32, pl. 5, figs. 1-4]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Beu, A.G. 2018. Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae). Records of the Australian Museum 70(2): 113-330 [240]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Moolenbeek, R.G. 2008. Some Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussidae and Pectinidae) from the Berau Islands (East Kalimantan, Indonesia). Venus 67(1-2): 15-26 [19]
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Annotataed inventory of molluscs from the Gulf of Mannar and vicinity. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 26: 19-79 [60]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [20, pl. 8, fig. 41] (asChlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis)
Paulay, G. 1996. New records and synonymies of Hawaiian bivalves (Mollusca). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45: 18-29 [22-23]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [198, pl. 142 figs 1, 5-6; pl. 151 fig. 4]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [33, pl. 12, fig. 8] (as Chlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis)
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 | 10-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |