Species Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten nux Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [text unpag., pl. 32, f. 143].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1950.11.14.52, restricted to Philippines, Bohol, Panglao. - Pecten guendolenae Melvill, J.C. 1888. Description of six new species of Pecten. Journal of Conchology 5: 279-281, pl. 2, figs 5-10 [279, pl. 2, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype NMW 1955.158.02, Mauritius. - Pecten hastingsii Melvill, J.C. 1888. Description of six new species of Pecten. Journal of Conchology 5: 279-281, pl. 2, figs 5-10 [279, pl. 2, fig. 7].
Type data:
Holotype NMW 1955.158.10, Japan. - Chlamys smithi Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1908. Descriptions of eight new species of marine mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 8: 16-19, pl. 11 [18, pl. 1, figs 6-7].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1908.5.30.63, Mauritius. - Chlamys corymbiatus Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [423, pl. 36, figs 1-4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.27532 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia, 9-18 m [15°42‘0‘S 145°30‘0‘E]; AM C.170684 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia, 9-18 m [15°42‘0‘S 145°30‘0‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [300]
Generic Combinations
- Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [26, pl. 11, fig. 66] - Chlamys (Aequipecten) nux (Reeve, 1853). —
Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [86] - Pecten (Aequipecten) nux (Reeve, 1853). —
Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [86] - Aequipecten nux (Reeve, 1853). —
Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [86] - Chlamys (Cryptopecten) nux (Reeve, 1853). —
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 [12] - Chlamys (Cryptopecten) smithi (Sowerby III, 1908). —
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [23]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West of Dongara, WA (29°49'S), to SE of Yamba, NSW (29°33'S), also Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea; Indo-Pacific (Red Sea, Easter Island)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), 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, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to 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 [12]
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [42]
Dijkstra, H.H. 2001. Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands, Vanuatu Archipelago and New Caledonia. pp. 73-95 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. (eds). Tropical deep-sea benthos, Volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 1–406 [93]
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 [300]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. Mollusca Bivalvia: Pectinoidea (Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from eastern Indonesia. pp. 245-285 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 1-667 [275, fig. 146-149]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [86, pl. 3, figs 12-13]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Maestrati, P. 2008. New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 196: 77-113 [109-110]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Maestrati, P. 2010. Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Zoosystema 32(2): 333-358 [350-351]
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 [22]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [26, pl. 11, fig. 66]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [pl. 14, fig. 3]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [314, pl. 276, figs 1-8]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [23, pl. 23, figs 3, 3a] (as Chlamys (Cryptopecten) bernardi; p. 36 as Corymbiatus corymbiata; p. 24 as Chlamys (Cryptopecten) smithi)
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 | ||
| 26-Jun-2013 | 10-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |