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Species Mimachlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853)


Compiler and date details

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

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

North of Exmouth, WA (21°51'S), and Darwin, NT (130°22'E) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27°16'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific (India, Japan, New Caledonia)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Amongst rubble and seaweed, also attached to hard substrates

 

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 [10]

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 [29]

Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [41, pl. 8, figs. 4-5]

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 [280]

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. [210] (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. 42]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [268, pl. 214, figs 3, 5-6, 8-9]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. (p. 7, pl. 6, fig. 3 as Argopecten pelseneeri)

 

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 31-Mar-2020 MODIFIED
15-Feb-2011 15-Feb-2011 MOVED
18-Jan-2011 MODIFIED