Species Mesopeplum fenestratum (Hedley, 1901)
Carol's Scallop, Windowed Fan Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Chlamys fenestrata Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 721-732 [20 May 1901] [730, pl. 48, figs 17-19].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.8971 dry, Sydney, Port Jackson, off Balls Head, New South Wales, Australia [33°51‘0‘S 151°11‘31.2‘E]. - Pecten hedleyi Dautzenberg, 1901 [introduced as a new name for Chlamys fenestrata Hedley, 1901, not C. fenestratus Forbes. However, presently this is unjustified].
Type data:
Status unknown, Ocean Beach, Point Nepean. - Mesopeplum caroli Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [162, pl. 38, figs 7-9].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.170894 dry, off Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia, 55-60 fathoms.
Generic Combinations
- Mesopeplum fenestratum (Hedley, 1901). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [30, pl. 13, fig. 78]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD (22°30'S 152°0'E) to SW of Point Cloates, WA (23°25'S 113°14'E)
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, muddy sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Offshore, to 54 m
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 [173]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [11]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [30, pl. 13, fig. 78]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [84-86, pl. 23, figs 1-5]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [61, pl. 22, fig. 4]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [281] (as Mesopeplum caroli) (Carol's Scallop)
Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [280] (as Semipallium fenestratum) (Windowed Fan Shell)
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 | 14-Feb-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |