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Species Pinna deltodes Menke, 1843

Deltoid Razor Clam, Scapula Razor Shell


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific east to Lord Howe Island


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 140 m. May be found under rocks/boulders or embedded in sediment amound cobbles

 

General 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. [69, text fig. 64, 7]

Hedley, C. 1924. A Revision of the Australian Pinnidae. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 141-153 [148, pl. 20, figs. 6, 7] (as P. scapula; p. 150 as P. deltodes)

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. 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 [315, pl. 4, fig. 17] (as Exitopinna deltodes ultra)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [14, pl. 5, fig. 28]

Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Pinna. pls 2-32 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 11.

Rosewater, J. 1961. The family Pinnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(4): 175-226 [196] (synonymised with P. bicolor)

Scheltema, A. 1983. Pinna deltodes Menke newly described and differentiated from P. bicolor Gmelin (Bivalvia, Pterioida). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 6: 37-52

Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [223-236]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
11-Aug-2014 PINNOIDEA 19-Sep-2012 MODIFIED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
17-Nov-2010 MODIFIED