Species Bractechlamys vexillum (Reeve, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pecten vexillum Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. pls 13-35 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [text unpag., pl. 27, fig. 114a-b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197010, Australian seas, designated as Ilot Maître, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
• Pecten digitatus Hinds, R.B. 1845. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1836-42. London : Smith, Elder & Co. 2 vols. [61, pl. 27, fig. 2] [junior homonym; not Pecten digitatus Perry, 1811].
• Pecten (Chlamys) zeteki Hertlein, L.G. 1935. Notes on the Pectinidae of Hawaii. Nautilus 49(1): 27-29 [306, pl. 19, fig. 9] [replacement name; new name for Pecten digitatus Hinds, 1845].
• Bractechlamys evecta 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 [367, pl. 5, figs 20-20a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.75283 dry, Great Barrier Reef, 0.5 ml south east of Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia [14°40‘58.8‘S 145°28‘58.8‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. (see CD for additional synonyms including the dual homonymy: Bractechlamys georgei Dijkstra, 1998 new name for Pecten janus Montrouzier in Fischer, 1859 proccupied by Pecten janus Münster in Goldfuss, 1833 introduced as a new name for Pecten distans Sowerby II, 1842 (Phil) preoccupied by Pecten distans Lamarck 1819)

 

Generic Combinations

• Semipallium vexillum (Reeve, 1853). —
  Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [60, pl. 22, figs 2, 2a]
• Bractechlamys vexillum (Reeve, 1853). —
  Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [104, pl. 39, figs 1-7; pl. 40, figs 1-7; pl. 41, figs 1-8; pl. 42, figs 1-7; pl. 47, fig. 6; pl. 297, fig. 2]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Great Barrier Reef, QLD from Lizard Island to Swain Reefs and Gillet Cay, Coral Sea; Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, mud, sand, seagrass.

 

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 [12]

Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Molluscan Research 19(1): 11-52 [16, pl. 2, fig. 4]

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 [184]

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)

Raines, B.K. & Poppe, G.T. 2006. A Conchological Iconography. The family Pectinidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. pp. 1-402, pls 1-320 [104, pl. 39, figs 1-7; pl. 40, figs 1-7; pl. 41, figs 1-8; pl. 42, figs 1-7; pl. 47, fig. 6; pl. 297, fig. 2]

Rombouts, A. 1991. Guidebook to Pecten Shells - Recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the World. Bathurst, Australia : Crawford House Press 157 pp., 29 pls. [8, pl. 28, fig. 1 & 60, pl. 22, figs. 2-2a]

 

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	25-Feb-2020	MODIFIED
15-Feb-2011		15-Feb-2011	MOVED
		18-Jan-2011	MODIFIED