Species Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [698].
• Ostrea senatoria 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] [3327].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC BIV-45, Oceano Indico [Indian Ocean].
• Ostrea porphyrea 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] [3328].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC BIV-46, Mari rubro [=Red Sea].
• Pecten aurantius Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [175].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN, l'Océan indien? [Indian Ocean?].
• Pecten florens Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1088/70, l'Océan indien? [Indian Ocean].
• Pecten indicus Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris 410 pp. [410, pl. 3, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Ceylan [Sri Lanka].
• Pecten pseudolima Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1842. Genera Pecten and Hinnites. 45-80, pls 12-20 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1(2). [78, pl. 20, fig. 235].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1950.11.14.54-56, Jacna, Bohol, Philippines.
• Pecten layardi Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. no. 80, pl. 21, figs. 80a-b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1994.162, Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
• Pecten fricatus Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. no. 161, pl. 34, fig. 161].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1994.161, locality unknown.
• Pecten blandus Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. no. 162, pl. 34, figs. 162a-b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1950.11.14.13-17, Australia.
• Mimachlamys ellochena 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 [349, pl. 5, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.119511, GBR expedition st. 17, 37m, off Shaw Island, QLD, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [70] (see more synonymy details)
• 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

• Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Dijkstra, H.H., Kilburn, R.N. 2001. The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). African Invertebrates 42: 263-321 [305, figs 44-45]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern QLD to Gillet Cay (21°42'S), Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea; tropical-subtropical, Indo-west Pacific (Red Sea to Kermadec Islands)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud bottom–marine, rocks, sand, sponges, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to hard substrates

 

General References

Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [70, figs 55C, F, 58]

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. [211] (also on CD)

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [274, pl. 221 figs 1-5; pl. 222 figs 1-5; pl. 223 figs 1-5; pl. 224 figs 1-8]

 

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
		15-Aug-2011	ADDED