Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae

Mimachlamys asperrima (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten asperrimus Lamarck, 1819
   Pecten australis Sowerby, 1842
   Pecten rubidus Menke, 1843
   Pecten prunum Reeve, 1853
   Pecten antiaustralis Tate, 1886
   Chlamys (Chlamys) polyaktinos Ludbrook, 1955

Common Name

Doughboy or Prickly Scallop p.280 Allan, J. 1950.
Fan Shell or Doughboy Scallop p.303 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
substrate: sand

References

Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.105 General reference
Gatliff, J.H. & Singleton, F.A. 1930. p.71 [ Pecten antiaustralis Tate, 1886 as a subspecies and description of other fossil subspecies ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.11 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.22 General reference
Rombouts, A. 1991. [ 27, pl. 10, figs 3, 3a, 3b as C. ( M.) asperrima and 27, pl. 10. fig. 1 as C. ( M.) blanda, 27, pl. 10, fig. 4, pl. 28, figs 6, 6a as C. ( M.) australis; the status of the available taxa is not clear from the text, and they are here listed as synonyms. ] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929
                        Mimachlamys asperrima (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16275) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2001-08-13.