Species Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu. [32, pl. 4, figs 11-12].
- Pecten cooperi Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [621, pl. 36, figs 15-18].
Type data:
Status unknown, Maldives.
Generic Combinations
- Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [238, fig. 710]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW of Cairns to Moreton Island, QLD, and Serangapatam Reef, WA; Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to French Polynesia
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral rubble, intertidal, marine, subtidal.
General References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [20, pl. 2, figs. 5-6]
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 [193]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [238]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [116, pl. 68, figs 1-3, 6-7]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [11, pl. 24, fig. 1]
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) |
02-Apr-2020 | PECTINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 | 25-Feb-2020 | MODIFIED | |
15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |