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
- Pinna deltodes Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [37].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (presumed lost from BMNH. The specimen figured in Reeve (1885, pl. 21, fig. 40) was selected (Rosewater, 1961:199) to be or represent Menke's species), Victoria River. - Pinna scapula Hedley, C. 1924. A Revision of the Australian Pinnidae. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 141-153 [148, pl.19, figs 6,7].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.19427 dry, Port Darwin, NT, Australia [12°28‘1.2‘S, 130°49‘58.8‘E]. - Exitopinna deltodes ultra 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] [figured in Rosewater (1961: pl. 150)].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.62035 dry, Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef, QLD [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Atrina deltodes (Menke, 1843). —
Hedley, C. 1924. A Revision of the Australian Pinnidae. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 141-153 [150]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific east to Lord Howe Island
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)
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]
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. [69, text fig. 64, 7] (Scapula Razor Shell)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [p.40, pl.41A] (Deltoid Razor Clam)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |