African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939)

AfReMaS taxon details

Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939)

AphiaID

393108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393108)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Laevichlamys T. R. Waller, 1993

Original name

Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, 1939

Synonymised names

Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 350, pl. 5 figs 22–22a [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393108 on 2026-07-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Laevichlamys deliciosa (Iredale, 1939). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393108 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-21 17:21:02Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 350, pl. 5 figs 22–22a [details]

basis of record Dijkstra, H. H. & Beu, A. G. (2018). Living scallops of Australia and adjacent waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 70 (2): 113-330., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670
page(s): 241, figs 66, 67G–J, 69A–B [details] Available for editors

additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). African Invertebrates. 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 288 [details]

redescription Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]