Genus Delectopecten Stewart, 1930

Museums

Regional Maps

• Delectopecten Stewart, R.B. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type Lamellibranchs. Special Publication No. 3 Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 314 pp., 17 pls. [118].

  Type species:

   Pecten vancouverensis Whiteaves, 1893 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Vanuatu

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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 [167]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Maestrati, P. 2010. Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Zoosystema 32(2): 333-358 [344]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [49-50]

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.

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N354] (as subgenus of Palliolum)

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [15]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [76-79] (as subgenus of Cyclopecten)

 

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)
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
26-Jun-2013		15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		06-Jan-2011	MODIFIED