Species Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [350, pl. 5, figs 22-22a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.89669 dry, Great Barrier Reef, 0.5 ml south east of Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, 35 m [14°40‘58.8‘S 145°28‘58.8‘E].
• Chlamys (Chlamys) princessae Kuroda, T., Habe T. & Oyama, K. 1971. The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Maruzen xix, 741 pp. (Japanese text). [364, pl. 79, figs 16-17].

 

Generic Combinations

• Chlamys (Chlamys) deliciosa (Iredale, 1939). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [20, pl. 8, fig. 43]
• Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939). —
  Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [200]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Dongara, and Rowley Shoals, WA, and Lizard Island to Swain Reefs, QLD, also Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, mud, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Among rubble or stones

 

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) deliciosa)

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 [30]

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 [241]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. Mollusca Bivalvia: Pectinoidea (Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from eastern Indonesia. pp. 245-285 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 1-667 [268, fig. 134]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Maestrati, P. 2008. New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 196: 77-113 [105-106, figs 44, 45]

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)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [20, pl. 8, fig. 43]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [200, pl. 142, figs 2-3]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [28]

 

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-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED