Species Annachlamys flabellata (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pecten flabellatus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [172, no. 36].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN, Shark Bay, W. Australia.
• Pecten leopardus Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 32, fig. 145].
• Annachlamys melica Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [359].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.90372 dry, Entrance Point, Broome, Western Australia, Australia [18°1‘1.2‘S 122°12‘0‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [26, pl. 11, fig. 63] (see reference for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Annachlamys flabellata (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [26, pl. 11, fig. 63]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Perth, WA, to Moreton Bay, QLD; Indonesia, New Caledonia, Melanesia and Papua New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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 bottom–marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

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. (on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [26, pl. 11, fig. 63]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [92, pl. 26, figs 1, 4; pl. 27, figs 4-5; pl. 28, 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. [22, pl. 9, fig. 6] (note: "some authors consider P. solaris Born, 1778 a synonym of C. (A.) leopardus. One might be inclined, however, to associate this shell rather with C. (A.) macassarensis")

 

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. [281] (as Annachlamys melica) (Carmine Banded Scallop)

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [32] (as Chlamys leopardus) (Leopard 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	26-Feb-2020	MODIFIED
16-Aug-2011		16-Aug-2011	MOVED
16-Aug-2011		16-Aug-2011	MOVED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED