Talochlamys zelandiae explained

Talochlamys zelandiae, common name the fan shell, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the scallop family Pectinidae.

Distribution

This species occurs at littoral depths (0–40 m) off New Zealand, including the Chatham Island.

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Hertlein L.G. (1931). Changes of Nomenclature of Some Recent and Fossil Pectinidae from Japan, Porto Rico, South America, New Zealand, and California. Journal of Paleontology. 5(4): 367-369
• Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286.
• Fleming, C.A. (1948) New species and genera of marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77, 72–92
• Dijkstra, H. H.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research. 28 (1): 1-88
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228-265
• Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348
• Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Bavay, A. (1905). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles, mal connues ou faisant double emploi dans le genre Pecten. Journal de Conchyliologie. 53: 18-30, pl. 2