OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Laevichlamys irregularis (Sowerby, 1842)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten irregularis Sowerby, 1842
   Pecten cuneatus Reeve, 1853
   Pecten limatula Reeve, 1853
   Pecten multicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907
   Chlamys midwayensis Habe & Okutani, 1968

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.60 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: byssally attached 
substrate: coral 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Dijkstra, H.H. 1990. p.11 [ Chlamys ( Chlamys) irregularis ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Dijkstra, H.H. 1991. p.31 [ as Chlamys irregularis; synonymy ( Chlamys cookei Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 not included because of synonymy conflict with {ROMBOUTS1991A}); Indonesian material, distribution, ecology, remarks ]  General reference
 Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. p.32, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 Contains synonymy
 Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.60 Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.20 [ as Chlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis ]  General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.33, pl. 12, fig. 8 [ synonymy, description, distribution as Chlamys (Scaeochlamys) irregularis ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Laevichlamys Waller, 1993
                        Laevichlamys irregularis (Sowerby, 1842)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16241) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.