OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Mesopeplum fenestratum (Hedley, 1901)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chlamys fenestrata Hedley, 1901
   Pecten hedleyi Dautzenberg, 1901
   Mesopeplum caroli Iredale, 1929

Common Name

Windowed Fan Shell p.280 [as Semipallium fenestratum]      Coleman, N. 1981.  
Carol's Scallop p.281 [as Mesopeplum caroli]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.11  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.30 General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.61, pl. 22, fig. 4 [ considers M. fenestratum invalid, bacause it is a juvenile ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Mesopeplum Iredale, 1929
                        Mesopeplum fenestratum (Hedley, 1901)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16365) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2001-08-13.