Species Pecten dijkstrai Duncan & Wilson, 2012

Museums

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• Pecten dijkstrai Duncan, P.F. & Wilson, G. 2012. A new species of Pecten (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from northern Western Australia. Molluscan Research 32(1): 21-26 [22, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.462684 (40-42m, in coral sand around sponge-encrusted limestone reef), off Gnaraloo Station, Western Australia [23º52'S, 113º29'E].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Point Quobba to Broome, WA

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, muddy sand, sand and gravel, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

12-82 m

 

General References

Duncan, P.F. & Wilson, G. 2012. A new species of Pecten (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from northern Western Australia. Molluscan Research 32(1): 21-26 [22-26, figs 1-2]

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.

 

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)
		03-Sep-2012	ADDED