Species Complicachlamys wardiana Iredale, 1939

Museums

Regional Maps

• Complicachlamys wardiana 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 [362, pl. 5, figs 25-25a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.90373 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Islands, Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia [20°3‘36‘S 148°53‘31.2‘E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Chlamys wardiana (Iredale, 1939). —
  Wagner, H.P. 1989. Taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Complicachlamys Iredale, 1939, and its species (Bivalvia, Pectinidae). Basteria 53(4-6): 111-116 [111-116, figs. 6-8]
• Semipallium wardiana (Iredale, 1939). —
  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 [37]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA (26°07'S 113°25'E), to Hervey Bay, QLD (25°18.5'S 152°56'E); tropical, Central Indo-west Pacific

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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, intertidal, marine, mud bottom–marine, rocks, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to hard substrates or free living

 

General References

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 [37-38]

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 [227]

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. [209] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [28, pl. 12, fig. 73] (as Complicachlamys wardiana Iredale, 1939)

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [186-188, pl. 135 figs 1-7, pl. 89 figs 1-3, pl. 190, figs 1-9] (as Complicachlamys wardiana Iredale, 1939)

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [59]

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [223, 236]

Wagner, H.P. 1989. Taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Complicachlamys Iredale, 1939, and its species (Bivalvia, Pectinidae). Basteria 53(4-6): 111-116 [111-116]

 

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
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
26-Jun-2013		15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED