Genus Hemipecten Adams & Reeve, 1849

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• Hemipecten Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1849. Description of the new genus of Acephalous Mollusca, of the family Pectinacea, collected by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16: 133-134, pl. 1, fig. 2 [133].

  Type species:

   Hemipecten forbesianus Adams & Reeve, 1849 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Maldives to New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

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.

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [18, pl. 7]

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]

 

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-Aug-2011		15-Aug-2011	MOVED
26-Jun-2013		15-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		14-Jan-2011	MODIFIED