Species Mimachlamys scabricostata (Sowerby, 1915)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten (Chlamys) scabricostata Sowerby, G.B. 3rd 1915. Descriptions of new species of mollusca from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 16: 164-170 [168, pl. 10, fig. 14].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1919.12.31.36 pr, "Swan River", Western Australia
Comment: The type locality “Swan River” is probably incorrect as this species occurs further north from c. 23–12°S (see Dijkstra & Beu, 2018).
Generic Combinations
- Mimachlamys scabricostata (Sowerby, 1915). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [22, pl. 9, fig. 51]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South of Point Cloates (23°06'S) to King Sound (16°50'S), WA, dead specimens to Gove Peninsula (136°47'E), NT, but no living specimens from NT.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
In sponges, among shell debris or under coral slabs
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 [291]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [22, pl. 9, fig. 51]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [274, pl. 226, figs 1-7]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [29, pl. 11, fig. 5]
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 | 31-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
17-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |