Species Mimachlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pecten cloacatus 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. 166, pl. 34, fig. 166].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1995158.1, Philippines.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1995158.2 pr, same data as Holotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [41].
• Pecten rugosus Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1842. Descriptions of new species of the genus Pecten, figured in Sowerby's Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 163-165 [163] [junior homonym; not Pecten rugosus Lamarck, 1819].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Island of Burias, Philippines.
• Pecten valdecostatus Melvill, J.C. 1888. Description of six new species of Pecten. Journal of Conchology 5: 279-281, pl. 2, figs 5-10 [281, pl. 2, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Hong Kong.
• Pecten (Chlamys) pelseneeri Dautzenberg, P. & Bavay, A. 1912. Les Lamellibranches de l'expédition du Siboga. Partie Systématique. I. Pectinidés. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 53b: 1-41 [134] [replacement name; new name for Pecten rugosus Sowerby, 1842].
• Mimachlamys curtisiana 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 [351, pl. 5, figs 19-19a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.89670, Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia [23°55‘1.2‘S 151°22‘58.8‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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

• Chlamys (Chlamys) cloacata (Reeve, 1853). —
  Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [10, pl. 4, fig. 4]
• Mimachlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853). —
  Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [41]
• Chlamys (Chlamys) curtisiana (Iredale, 1939). —
  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]

 

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

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

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
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