Species Hemipecten forbesianus Adams & Reeve, 1849

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemipecten fobesianus 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, pl. 1, fig. 2].
• Pecten difformis Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [15, pl. 1, figs 4-5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, 45 miles WSW of pearl banks, off Cape Jaubert, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cyclopecten (Hemipecten) forbesianus (Adams & Reeve, 1849). —
  Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [79]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Esperance, WA (31°19'S 133°07'E), to Lady Elliot Island, QLD (24°07'S 152°43'E) and Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific, from Maldives to Japan, 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

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, sand, shell.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to the underside of corals

 

General References

Dijkstra, H.H. 1990. Three new pectinacean species from the Indonesian Archipelago collected during the Siboga expedition (1899-1900), with additional information and corrections on the previous report (Mollusca: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae). Beaufortia 40(1): 1-14 [5, figs 11, 12]

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 [236]

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. [204] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 36]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [68-70, pl. 4, fig. 10]

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

 

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	10-Mar-2020	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2011		15-Aug-2011	MOVED
26-Jun-2013		12-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		14-Jan-2011	MODIFIED