Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae)
Author
Dijkstra, Henk H.
Author
Beu, Alan G.
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2018
Rec. Aust. Mus.
2018-05-23
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2
113
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670
journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670
2201-4349
5299017
8084C
Propeamussium siratama
(
Oyama, 1951
)
Figs 1F–H,J,N, 2
Ctenamusium (Micramussium) siratama
Oyama, 1951: 80
, pl. 13 figs 5–7.
Propeamussium siratama
(Oyama)
.–Dijkstra & Kastoro, 1997: 253, figs 20–23; Hayami, 2000: 913, pl. 454 fig. 6; Dijkstra, 2001: 81, figs 21–24; 2013: 15, pl. 2, figs 1a–d, pl. 4, fig. 5; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008: 85; 2009: 39, pl. 1 figs 1–4; 2012: 392.
Type data
.
Holotype
(H
7.4 mm
, pr).
The
type material is possibly in the
Toba Aquarium
at
Toba
,
Japan
, but
Oyama
(pers. comm.) could not trace it there. Type locality:
Japan
,
Sagami Sea
, off
Manazuruzaki
, 159–128 fathoms [= 291–
234 m
], alive.
Additional material examined
. —
AUSTRALIA
:
QUEENSLAND
: E of GBR,
18°11.01'S
147°25.5'E
, alive,
472–490 m
(2 pr + 1 v [lv:smooth], C.165218)
.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
:
W of Rottnest Island
,
31°02'S
114°48'E
,dead,
275–285 m
(4 v,
WAM 443.91
)
;
NW of
Cape Leveque
, 14°49.0'–
14°50.8' S
121°36.1' –
121°35.6'E
, dead,
300–302 m
(3 v,
WAM 465.91
)
. —
JAPAN
:
Mie Prefecture
,
Kii Peninsula
, off
Owase City
, alive,
500 m
, dredged (3 pr,
ZMA
Moll.
145634)
.
TAIWAN
: NE–coast, off
Tashi
,
24°48.8'N
122°06.0' E
, alive,
367–424 m
, dredged (many prs,
MNHN
)
. —
PHILIPPINES
:
Luzon
,
Balayan Bay
,
13°49'N
120°50' E
, alive,
299–320 m
, dredged (1 pr,
ZMA
Moll.
145105)
. —
INDONESIA
:
Kei
Islands
,
05°23'S
132°27'E
, alive,
413–436 m
, trawled (many prs,
MNHN
)
. —
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
: SE
Manus
Island
,
02°14'S
147°16'E
, alive,
611–618 m
, trawled (3 pr,
MNHN
)
. —
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
:
Choiseul
Island
,
06°34.7'S
156°10.5' E
, alive,
609–625 m
, trawled (3 pr,
MNHN
)
.—
NEW CALEDONIA
:E
New Caledonia
,
20°34'S
164°57'E
,alive,
497–520 m
, dredged (2 pr,
MNHN
)
.—
FIJI
: SE
Viti Levu
,
17°30.9'S
178°53.3'E
,alive,
879–897 m
, trawled (3 pr,
MNHN
)
.
Description
. Shell fragile, up to c.
19 mm
high, most specimens up to c.
10–12 mm
in height, circular, nearly equivalve, equilateral, slightly inflated, auricles equal in shape and size, umbonal angle 110–115°. Prodissoconch c. 200 µm in height. Colour whitish or pale-brown transparent.
Left valve weakly sculptured (or almost lacking) with fine, irregularly spaced radial lirae from early growth stage until beyond central part of disc, with microscopic regularly spaced commarginal lamellae, smooth central part and periphery. Auricles frequently smooth, sometimes with fine commarginal lirae.
Right valve sculptured with delicate, regularly spaced commarginal lirae, more prominent near ventral margin. Inner surface with 7–9 ribs, with a riblet on each side near the auricles. Hine line straight. No byssal fasciole, or byssal notch. Ctenolium lacking.
Distribution
.
Japan
:
100–300 m
(Hayami, 2000: 913),
Taiwan
:
310–440 m
(Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2009: 39);
Philippines
:
400–602 m
(Dijkstra, 2013: 15);
Indonesia
:
283–285 m
(Dijkstra & Kastoro, 1997: 253), Solomons and
Fiji
:
273–1004 m
(Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008: 85);
New Caledonia
:
316–533 m
(Dijkstra, 2001: 82);
Vanuatu
:
509–659 m
(Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2012: 392).
Present
material from
Australia
alive in
472–490 m
.
The
bathymetric range of live-taken specimens is
100–1004 m
.
Remarks
. The present specimens from
Australia
fit the original description (
type
material untraceable) and studied material from
Japan
(ZMA, NSMT), but differ in having fewer internal riblets (7 + 2 small auricular riblets, typically 8 + 2 small auricular riblets). Other morphological characters are identical.
Oyama (1951)
did not state the etymology of the species name, but did not decline it, whereas all other species name in his paper are declined to agree with the generic name. We follow
Oyama (1951)
, assuming it is an indeclinable noun.
Propeamussium siratama
is a
new record
for
Australia
.