Subspecies Decatopecten radula radula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Flat-ribbed Scallop
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten argenteus Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 168, pl. 35, fig. 168].
- Comptopallium pauciplicatum 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 [360].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.41560 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia [14°40‘1.2‘S 145°28‘1.2‘E]; AM C.170896 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°34‘1.2‘E]; AM C.53646 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36‘0‘S 145°58‘58.8‘E]; AM C.10052 dry, Palm Islands, Queensland, Australia [18°40‘1.2‘S 146°33‘0‘E]; AM C.19175 dry, Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°34‘58.8‘S 153°28‘1.2‘E]; AM C.29786 dry, beach, Torres Strait, Murray Island, Queensland, Australia [9°55‘58.8‘S 144°4‘1.2‘E].
Generic Combinations
- Comptopallium radula (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [28, pl. 12, fig. 74]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From off Onslow, WA (21°38'S), to Moreton Bay, QLD (27°35'S); possibly south to Fremantle on the west coast; Tropical, Indo-west Pacific (Red Sea, Japan, Samoa)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral, intertidal, marine, muddy sand, rocks, seagrass.
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]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [106, pl. 50, figs 1-7; pl. 51, figs 1-3, 5-6; pl. 295, fig. 2]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [35, pl. 13, fig. 4]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [156] (Flat-ribbed Scallop)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |