Species Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea squamosa Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3319].
- Mimachlamys grossiana 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 [352, pl. 5, figs 23-23a].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.19177 dry, Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°34‘58.8‘S 153°28‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. (see CD for additional synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Chlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791). —
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] - Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791). —
Dijkstra, H.H. 1997. Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 71: 313-343 [322, figs 13-17] - Chlamys (Chlamys) squamosa (Gmelin, 1791). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 39]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos Islands, WA to Moreton Bay, QLD, and Coral Sea; tropical, Indo-west Pacific (Kenya, Japan, Samoa)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, marine, rocks, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to hard substrates
General References
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 [244]
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 [19-20]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 39]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [208, pl. 151 figs 1-3, 5-6; pl. 152 figs 1-7; pl. 296 fig. 2]
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 | 10-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
17-Aug-2011 | ADDED |