Species Propeamussium watsoni (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amussium watsoni Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [309, pl. 22, figs. 8-8c].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH alive (Lectotype designated in Dijkstra (2001)), Challenger, stn 218, NE of New Guinea, 1857 m [2˚23'S, 144˚04'E].
• Propeamussium watsoni bayonnaisense Okutani T. 1962. Report on the archibenthal and abyssal lamellibranchiate Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955-1960. Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 32: 1-40 [15, pl. 2, figs. 1, 2].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. pp. 9-73 in Bouchet, P. (ed). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires de Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 167: 1-654

 

Generic Combinations

• Propeamussium watsoni (E.A. Smith, 1885). —
  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. (on CD; changed combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo West Pacific; QLD and NSW distribution based on records from the Australian Museum reference collection

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, marine.

 

General References

Dijkstra, H.H. 2001. Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands, Vanuatu Archipelago and New Caledonia. pp. 73-95 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. (eds). Tropical deep-sea benthos, Volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 1–406 [82]

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. (on CD)

 

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)
		05-Dec-2011	ADDED