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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

 

Generic Combinations

 

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)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [156] (Flat-ribbed Scallop)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)
15-Feb-2011 15-Feb-2011 MOVED
18-Jan-2011 MODIFIED