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Species Laevichlamys cuneata (Reeve, 1853)


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Point Quobba, WA to Gladstone, QLD, also Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea; Indo-Pacific, from eastern India to Kiribati


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, marine, mud, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Byssally attached under coral

 

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 [11] (as Chlamys (Chlamys) irregularis)

Dijkstra, H.H. 1991. A contribution to the knowledge of the pectinacean Mollusca (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from the Indonesian Archipelago. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 271: 1-57 [31] (as Chlamys irregularis; synonymy Chlamys cookei Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 not included because of synonymy conflict with Rombouts (1991); Indonesian material, distribution, ecology, remarks)

Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [32, pl. 5, figs. 1-4]

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 [240]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Moolenbeek, R.G. 2008. Some Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussidae and Pectinidae) from the Berau Islands (East Kalimantan, Indonesia). Venus 67(1-2): 15-26 [19]

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. [207] (also on CD)

Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Annotataed inventory of molluscs from the Gulf of Mannar and vicinity. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 26: 19-79 [60]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [20, pl. 8, fig. 41] (asChlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis)

Paulay, G. 1996. New records and synonymies of Hawaiian bivalves (Mollusca). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45: 18-29 [22-23]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [198, pl. 142 figs 1, 5-6; pl. 151 fig. 4]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [33, pl. 12, fig. 8] (as Chlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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-Feb-2011 15-Feb-2011 MOVED
18-Jan-2011 MODIFIED