Species Mimachlamys heterophyseta Beu & Darragh, 2001
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Mimachlamys heterophyseta Beu, A.G. & Darragh, T.A. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 113(1): 1-205 [141].
Type data:
Holotype NMV P302152 a pair of valves, dam C on ‘Brunah’ Station, Backline Road, 2.3 km NE of junction with Wingaroo (No. 2A) Road, Flinders Island, Bass Strait.
Paratype(s) NMV P302153, Memana Formation, PL1216, dam A on ‘Marapana’ Station, Backline Road, 2.7 km ENE of junction with Wingaroo (No. 2A) Road, Flinders Island, grid ref. Flinders Island; NMV P302154-8, Memana Formation, PL1215, dam on SW side Wingaroo (No. 2A) Road, 1.8 km NW of junction with Melrose (No. 2) Road, Memana, Flinders Island; WAM 68.1257a-j, Memana Formation, Cook’s dragline hole, Flinders Island; NMV P300273, Memana Formation, PL12I7, dam B, Cole’s property, ‘Marapana’ Station, Backline Road, 2.7 km ENE of junction with Wingaroo Road, Memana, Flinders Island.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Great Australian Bight to Fremantle, WA, fossils from Flinders Island, TAS to Geographe Bay, WA
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine.
General References
Beu, A.G. & Darragh, T.A. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 113(1): 1-205 [141]
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 [285]
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 | 31-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Dec-2011 | ADDED |