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
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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
Cyclopecten cancellus
Dijkstra, 1991
Figs 15H–I,K, 16
Cyclopecten cancellus
Dijkstra, 1991: 21
, figs 66–70; Dijkstra, 2001: 90, figs 33–35; Dijkstra & Moolenbeek, 2008: 18; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008: 97; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2013b: 474.
Type data
.
Holotype
(lv)
RMNH56560
,
14 paratypes
(v)
RMNH56561–56566
. Type locality:
Indonesia
, Flores Sea, off
SW Salayer
,
6°22.4'S
120°26.3'E
, dead,
130–155 m
(SNELLIUS-II stn 4.153).
Additional material examined
. —
AUSTRALIA
:
QUEENSLAND
: off
Cairns
, 16°36'12"–
16°35'54"S
146°15' 24"–
146°14' 18"E
, dead,
110–201 m
(1 v, C.165464)
.
WESTERNAUSTRALIA
:
S of Cowaramup Bay
, near mouth of
Margaret River
,
33°57'S
114°59'E
, dead (2 v, C.165468);
Kilcarnup, N
side of
Margaret River
,
33°57' S
114°59'E
, dead, beach (1 v, C.374666);
Ellensbrook
,
33°55'S
115°0'E
, dead, beach (2 v,
WAM
S12952
)
;
Cowaramup
,
33°52'S
115°0' E
, dead (2 v [rudimentary internal riblets],
WAM
S12559
; 1 v,
WAM
S12535
)
;
Rottnest Island
,
32°0'S
115°30'E
, dead, beach (9 v,
WAM415.91
)
;
Rottnest Island
,
Bathurst Point
,
32°0'S
115°30'E
, dead, beach (1 v,
WAM414.91
)
;
Rottnest Island
,
Ricey Beach
,
32°0'S
115°30'E
, dead, beach (3 v,
WAM413.91
; 1 v, C.165465)
;
Cottesloe
,
Cable Station
,
33°0'S
115°45' E
, dead (1 v,
WAM481.91
)
;
NW of
Beagle Island
,
29°43'S
114°17'E
, dead,
274–283 m
(1 v, C.165466)
. —
NEW CALEDONIA
: off
New Caledonia
,
20°16'S
169°51'E
, alive,
85–100 m
(2 pr, C.165234).
Figure 16
. Distribution of
Cyclopecten cancellus
Dijkstra
(circles),
C. horridus
Dijkstra
(star),
C. powelli
Dell
(triangle) and
C. reticulatus
sp. nov.
(squares).
Description
. Shell small, up to c.
3 mm
high, convex, subcircular, opaque, whitish to cream, wider than high, inequivalve, almost equilateral, left valve slightly more convex than right, auricles almost equal in size, umbonal angle c. 100°.
Left valve with coarse reticulate sculpture with scaly intersections, radial riblets (c. 10) more prominent than commarginal lamellae, both widely spaced, commencing at
0.5 mm
shell height and increasing in prominence ventrally, with secondary interstitial radial riblets. Auricles with 1–2 radial riblets crossed by prominent commarginal lamellae.
Right valve with closely spaced commarginal lamellae. Anterior auricle with 2–4 weak radial riblets, posterior smooth. Dorsal margin straight. Byssal notch moderately deep, byssal fasciole narrow.
Habitat
. Living in the sublittoral and bathyal zones amongst rubble on soft bottoms.
Distribution
.
Indonesia
,
130–375 m
, dead;
Vanuatu
,
140–175 m
, dead (Dijkstra, 1991, 2001);
Fiji
,
500–614 m
, dead (Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008). Now also from
New Caledonia
(
85–100 m
) and
Australia
(beach drift and
110–283 m
, dead).
Remarks
. The present species is similar to the
type
specimens from
Indonesia
, although some specimens from Western Australia have some rudimentary internal riblets, which are lacking in typical specimens.
Cyclopecten cancellus
is a
new record
for
Australia
(empty shells only).