Species Pedum spondyloideum (Gmelin, 1791)
Coral Boring Pearl Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea spondyloidea 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] [3335, no. 109] [junior homonym of Ostrea spondylodes Gmelin, 1791 (p. 3321)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC BIV-57, India. - Pedum pedum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [170].
- Pedum pedum intensum 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 [341].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90353 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands anchorage, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S 145°33‘46.8‘E].
Generic Combinations
- Pedum spondyloideum (Gmelin, 1791). —
Issel, A. 1869. Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Richerche zoologische e paleontologiche. Pisa : Biblioteca malacologica pp. 1-388, pls 1-5. [105]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lizard Island to Hayman Island, QLD and possibly Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA (see Dijkstra & Beu, 2018); Indo-west Pacific (Djibouti, New Caledonia)
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Living in cavities of massive heads of coral Porites lutea
General References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [34]
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 [253]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Knudsen, J. 1998. Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research 19(2): 43-104, 10 pls [79, pl. 5, figs 23-24]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [34, pl. 15, fig. 86]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [78, pl. 14, fig. 5]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [224, pl. 171 figs 1-5; pl. 296 fig. 1]
Yonge, C.M. 1967. Observations on Pedum spondyloideum (Chemnitz) Gmelin, a scallop associated with reef-building corals. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 37: 311-323
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [268] (as Pedum pedum) (Coral Boring Pearl Shell)
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 | 10-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Jul-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |