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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten convexum Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
   Mesopeplum triggi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ to 254 m ]

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.101, fig. 87 [ as Mesopeplum triggi ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.30 [ considers M. triggi a synonym of M. convexum ]  General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.61, pl. 28, fig. 5 [ pl. 28, fig. 5 as Mesopeplum triggi pl. 22, fig. 3 as Mesopeplum convexum ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Mesopeplum Iredale, 1929
                        Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16369) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.