Species Pecten excavatus Anton, 1838
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten excavatus Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [19].
- Pecten sinensis Sowerby, G.B. (ed.) 1842. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1. [48, pl. 16, figs 120-121, 134].
- Pecten puncticulatus Dunker, W. 1877. Mollusca nonnulla nova maris japonici. Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 67-75 [71].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [49] (see for complete synonymy)
Generic Combinations
- Pecten (Notovola) sinensis (Sowerby, 1842). —
Kira, T. 1962. Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour. Osaka : Hoikusa 224 pp. 72 pls. [134, pl. 48, figs 1-2]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) excavatus Anton, 1839. —
Wang, Z. 1989. Studies on the Chinese species of the family Pectinidae. VIII. Subfamily Pecteninae. Studia Marina Sinica 30: 178-183 [178-179, pl. 1, figs 5-6]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Possibly northern Australia however Dijkstra & Beu do not record this species from Australia; western Pacific, from Japan to Indonesia.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, muddy sand.
General References
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 [49]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [148, pl. 92, figs 1-5; pl. 93, figs 1-6]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [50, pl. 18, fig. 7]
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 | 27-Feb-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 29-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 17-Aug-2011 | ADDED |