Species Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asian Moon Scallop, Delicate Saucer Scallop
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [696].
Type data:
Lectotype LSUK not registered pr, “Habitat in Indiis” [= Indonesia].
Paralectotype(s) PUM not registered lv, same data as Holotype.Subsequent designation references:
Dijkstra, H.H. 1999. Type specimens of Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) described by Linnaeus (1758-1771). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 383-443, 10 figs [400]. - Pleuronectia laevigata Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [388].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown. - Amusium pleuronectes australiae Habe, T. 1964. Notes on the species of the genus Amussium (Mollusca). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 7(1): 1-5, pls 1-2 [2, pl. 1, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT Mo54544 pr, Arafura Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. (see CD for additional synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [138, pl. 87, figs 1-5]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW of Darwin, NT, to east of Newcastle, NSW; Eastern Indian Ocean and SE Asia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, mud, sand.
General References
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 [205]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 37] (as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758))
Mahidol, C. et al. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among nine scallop species (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of one mitochondrial and three nuclear gene regions. Journal of Shellfish Research 26(1): 25-32 [26, 29]
Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [104]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [138, pl. 87, figs 1-5]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [4, pl. 3, fig. 3]
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. [282] (Delicate Saucer Scallop)
Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [104] (Asian Moon Scallop)
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 | 31-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 14-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |