Species Volachlamys singaporina (Sowerby, 1842)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Pecten singaporinus Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1842. Genera Pecten and Hinnites. 45-80, pls 12-20 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1(2). [74, pl. 13, fig. 55, pl. 14, fig. 71].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1994127/1, Singapore. - Pecten pica Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 115, pl. 27, fig. 115a-b].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1994139, New Zealand (incorrect). - Pecten cumingii Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [sp. 140, fig. 140a-b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Queensland.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [296]
Generic Combinations
- Chlamys (Argopecten) singaporina (Sowerby, 1842). —
Dijkstra, H.H. 1990. Three new pectinacean species from the Indonesian Archipelago collected during the Siboga expedition (1899-1900), with additional information and corrections on the previous report (Mollusca: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae). Beaufortia 40(1): 1-14 [8] - Chlamys singaporina (Sowerby, 1842). —
Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. Mollusca Bivalvia: Pectinoidea (Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from eastern Indonesia. pp. 245-285 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 1-667 [276] - Volachlamys singaporina (Sowerby, 1842). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [24, pl. 10, fig. 61]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Buccaneer Archipelago (15°57'S), WA, to Moreton Bay (27°16'S), QLD; tropical-subtropical, west Pacific (China)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, sand bottom marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to hard substrates
General References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1990. Three new pectinacean species from the Indonesian Archipelago collected during the Siboga expedition (1899-1900), with additional information and corrections on the previous report (Mollusca: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae). Beaufortia 40(1): 1-14 [8]
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [44, pl. 9, fig. 5]
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 [296]
Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. Mollusca Bivalvia: Pectinoidea (Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from eastern Indonesia. pp. 245-285 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 1-667 [276, figs 151-155]
Dijkstra, H. H. & Köhler, F. 2008. An annotated catalogue of Recent Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae) type material in the Museum of Natural History, Humbolt University, Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 84(1): 31-44 [35] (reference to synonym Pecten cumingii)
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [24, pl. 10, fig. 61]
Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [330, pl. 288 figs 1-7; pl. 289 figs 1-7]
Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [61, pl. 22, figs 7, 7a] (as Volachlamys cumingii; and 62, pl. 22, fig. 6)
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 | 31-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 16-Nov-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 15-Feb-2011 | 15-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |