Species Decatopecten strangei (Reeve, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pecten strangei Reeve, L.A. 1852. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 1-12 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 22, pl. 4, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Australia.
• Decatopecten edentiplica 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype.

 

Generic Combinations

• Decatopecten strangei (Reeve, 1852). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [28, pl. 12, fig. 68]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dirk hartog Island, WA, to Yamba, NSW

Australian Endemic.

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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 bottom marine, shell bottom, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

0-75 m

 

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 [189]

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)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [11]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [28, pl. 12, fig. 68]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [37, pl. 13, figs 9, 9a]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [280, fig. 6] (Strange's Scallop)

Reeve, L.A. 1852. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 1-12 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 22] (Strange's Pecten)

 

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	25-Feb-2020	MODIFIED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED