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
Parvamussium multiliratum
Dijkstra, 1995
Figs 8D,F, 9
Parvamussium multiliratum
Dijkstra, 1995b: 26
: figs 31–34, 91–92; Dijkstra, 2001: 83; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008: 91; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010: 339.
Type data
.
Holotype
(pr)
MNHN
Moll
21173,
16 paratypes
(13
MNHN
Moll21174–21181, 1
AM
C.201711, 1
ZMA
Moll.395024, 1 USNM886343). Type locality:
Southern
New Caledonia
,
22°10'S
167°33'E
, alive,
2100–2110 m
(BIOCAL stn CP 72).
Additional material examined
. —
AUSTRALIA
:
QUEENSLAND
: off Cairns, 16°02'–
16°0'S
147°14.9'–
147°13'E
, dead,
1372 m
(1 v, C.165480); off Cairns,
16°37' 42"S
146°20'24"–
146°18'42"E
, dead,
658–685 m
(1 v, C.374663); E of Lady Elliott Island,
24°0'S
153°06.5'E
, dead,
476–531 m
(3 v, C.165509); NE of Sandy Cape,
24°28.2'S
153°31.2'E
, dead,
1330–1380 m
(1 v, C.157674); E of Sandy Cape, 24°43.5' –
24°08'S
153°33.4'–
153°33.3' E
, dead,
604 m
(5 v, C.157675 [in part]). —
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
: The Slot,
7°34.75'S
157°11.84'E
, alive,
670–890 m
(1 pr, C.157581). CORAL SEA:
11°31.09'S
145°22.31'E
, alive,
1517–1611 m
(many, C.165222);
11°35.61'S
145°29.42'E
, alive,
1770–1863 m
(4 pr, C.165220 [in part]);
11°40.98'S
145°36.85'E
, alive,
2039–2052 m
(2 pr, C.165221 [in part]);
11°56.72'S
Figure 8
. A, B, H, I, L,
Parvamussium maorium
Dell
, separate valves,
AM
C.165528, MT
Sprightly
stn S73-2051, off Cape Naturaliste, TAS,
40°50.6'S
148°46.5'E
,
399 m
; rv anterior auricle exterior (A), rv exterior (B), rv interior (H), lv anterior auricle exterior (I), lv exterior (L). C, E, K,
Parvamussium retiolum
Dijkstra
, lv only,
AM
C.165535, HMAS
Kimbla
sta. 1, E of Lady Elliott Island, QLD,
24°0'S
153°06'E
,
476–531 m
; lv anterior auricle exterior (C), lv exterior (E), lv interior (K). D, F,
Parvamussium multiliratum
Dijkstra
, rv only,
AM
C.374663, HMAS
Kimbla
sta. C.22, off Cairns, QLD,
16°37'42"S
146°20'24"–
146°18'42"E
,
658–685 m
; rv exterior (D), rv anterior auricle exterior (F). G, J,
Parvamussium pauciliratum
(Smith)
, rv only,
AM
C.157659, HMAS
Kimbla
stn C.10, NE of Cairns, QLD, 16°33'54"–
16°33'48"S
146°09'42"–
146°09'36"E
,
55 m
; rv anterior auricle exterior (G), rv exterior (J). Scale bars represent
1 mm
(A, C),
4 mm
(B, E, H, K, L),
2 mm
(D, J),
0.5 mm
(F, G, I).
145°48.39' E
, alive,
2510–2523 m
(1 pr, C.165219).
TASMAN
SEA:
Lord Howe Rise
,
27°13.36'S
160°43.41' E
, alive,
1989 m
(2 pr, C.165412);
Lord Howe Rise
,
27°58.99' S
162°51.55'E
, alive,
1250 m
(3 pr, C.165409).
Description
. Shell up to c.
9 mm
high, fragile, circular, inequivalve, hyaline, whitish, left valve slightly more convex than right valve, auricles subequal, umbonal angle about 110°. Prodissoconch c. 220 µm in height.
Both valves with 14 internal riblets plus 2 rudimentary interstitial ones, one auricular riblet on each auricle. External sculpture clearly visible from interior.
Left valve sculptured with widely spaced commarginal lamellae commencing at
3 mm
shell height and extending to ventral margin. Unevenly spaced, delicate radial riblets developed near ventral margin, a few commencing earlier. Umbonal region glossy with a few white spots, otherwise translucent and dull due to microscopic granules. Auricles with commarginal lamellate riblets, more closely spaced near lateral margins than elsewhere.
Right valve with evenly arranged commarginal lirae, somewhat interrupted near ventral margin region by a disturbance of growth. Auricles with commarginal lamellae, more prominent on anterior auricle and more closely spaced on posterior. Dorsal margin straight, with a few scales, more prominent on anterior auricle. Byssal fasciole small, byssal notch present.
Habitat
. Living in the bathyal and abyssal zones, free on soft sediment (muddy sand or mud).
Distribution
.
New Caledonia
,
2100–2110 m
, and
Loyalty
Islands
,
1615–2040 m
;
Wallis and Futuna
Islands
,
400–765 m
(dead);
Vanuatu
,
748–775 m
(Dijkstra, 1995b, 2001). Living records from the Coral Sea (
1517–2523 m
),
Solomon
Islands
(
670–890 m
) and Tasman Sea (
1250–1989 m
);
Fiji
,
640–687 m
;
Tonga
,
360–436 m
(dead) (Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008); Austral
Islands
,
600–620 m
(Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010). Maximum depth range of live-taken specimens is
600–2523 m
. Present specimens from
Australia
(
Queensland
) are deadtaken only, at
476–1380 m
.
Remarks
. The present specimens are morphologically identical to the
type
specimens from
New Caledonia
.
Parvamussium multiliratum
is a
new record
forAustralia.