Species Catillopecten murrayi (Smith, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pecten murrayi 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 [303, pl. 22, figs 1-1a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, stn 184, east of Cape York, North Australia, in 1400 fathoms.

 

Generic Combinations

• Catillopecten murrayi (Smith, 1885). —
  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 [347, 370]
• Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) murrayi (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. [78]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea east of Cape York, and Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea; Melanesia and off New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

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 [155]

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 [38-39, figs 31, 33]

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)

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [78]

 

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
09-Nov-2011		09-Nov-2011	MOVED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED