Genus Pecten Müller, 1776

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• Pecten Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina et synonyma imprimis popularium. Copenhagen : Havniae Vol. 32 pp. 1-282. [pls published in 1777] [xxxi, 248].

  Type species:

   Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [200].
• Argus Poli, 1795 [junior homonym; Testacea utriusque Siciliae..., 1: 32. Not Argus Scopoli, 1777 [Argus Bohadsch, 1761 has been placed on the Official Index by Opinion 429]].
• Argoderma Poli, 1795 [Testacea utriusque Siciliae...: 254, 260].

  Type species:

   Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758 (SD of Hertlein, 1969, [in Moore, ed.] Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, N1: 366) by subsequent designation.
• Pallium Schröter, 1802 [Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie, 3(1): 135].
• Pandora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 [junior homonym; Magazin für die neuensten Endeckungen in der Gesammte Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 5(1): 59. Not Pandora Lamarck, 1799].

  Type species:

   Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Pedinus Rafinesque, 1815 [replacement name; Analyse de la nature: 147. Substitute name or unjustified emendation of Pedum].
• Vola Mörch, 1853 [Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D.A. d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, 2: 59. Not Vola Mulsant, 1850].

  Type species:

   Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758 (SD, Stoliczka, 1871, Cretaceous fauna of southern India, 3: xxii, 426) by subsequent designation.
• Flabellipecten Sacco, 1897 [Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino, 12(298): 102].

  Type species:

   Ostrea flabelliformis Brocchi, 1814 by original designation.
• Deperetia von Teppner, 1922 [Fossilium Catalogus, 1(15): 259].

  Type species:

   Pecten cristatocostatus Sacco, 1897 by original designation.
• Heritschia von Teppner, 1922 [Fossilium Catalogus, 1(15): 264].

  Type species:

   Pecten aduncus Eichwald, 1830 by original designation.
• Jaworskia von Teppner, 1922 [Fossilium Catalogus, 1(15): 266].

  Type species:

   Pecten grandis Sowerby, 1828 by original designation.
• Oppenheimopecten von Teppner, 1922 [Fossilium Catalogus, 1(15): 254].

  Type species:

   Pecten subbenedictus Fontannes, 1878 by original designation.
• Philippia von Teppner, 1922 [junior homonym; Fossilium Catalogus, 1(15): 221. Not Philippia Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Ostrea arcuata Brocchi, 1814 by original designation.
• Notovola Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [451].

  Type species:

   Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852 by original designation.
• Convexopecten Tucker-Rowland, 1938 [Journal of Conchology, 21(3): 81].

  Type species:

   Pecten josslingi Smith, 1847 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Some synonyms of Pecten have been left out because of problems tracing references, please see reference list for indications of these names

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Hawaiian Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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)

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 [219]

Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [70]

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 [44-46]

Duncan, P.F. & Wilson, G. 2012. A new species of Pecten (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from northern Western Australia. Molluscan Research 32(1): 21-26 [21-22]

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.

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] (as Notovola)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [32, pl. 14]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N366]

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [22]

 

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)
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
26-Jun-2013		15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
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