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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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670
journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670
2201-4349
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Key to species of
Decatopecten
from
Australia
1 Shell c.
120 mm
high, valves inequivalve and inequilateral, lv flat to weakly inflated, rv more convex, auricles subequal, 9–13 radial plicae, fine to coarse lamellae on plicae, secondary radial riblets in late growth stage, byssal notch shallow, byssal fasciole moderately wide, ctenolium weak ..................................................................
D. radula
—— Shell oblong, with 5–7 radial plicae .......................................................................................... 2
2 Shell c.
45 mm
high, almost equally convex, equivalve and equilateral, auricles subequal, 5 radial plicae, rarely 6–7, secondary radial riblets on plicae and interstices in late growth stage, byssal notch, byssal faciole and ctenolium lacking in adult stage ..............................................................................................................
D. strangei