WoRMS taxon details
Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
393837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393837)
accepted
Species
Mesopeplum (Mesopeplum) convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) · alternative representation
Pallium convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pecten (Dentipecten) vellicatus F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pecten roseopunctatus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 443 [details]
page(s): 443 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, New...
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range below littoral-upper bathyal
Depth range below littoral-upper bathyal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393837 on 2025-12-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten roseopunctatus Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260
page(s): sp. 84 [details]
original description (of Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 443 [details]
original description (of Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929) Mestayer, M.K. (1929). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca. 4. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 60(1): 247-250, pls 20-25. [Published 31 May 1929]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Dentipecten) vellicatus F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868 [details]
page(s): sp. 84 [details]
original description (of Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 443 [details]
original description (of Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929) Mestayer, M.K. (1929). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca. 4. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 60(1): 247-250, pls 20-25. [Published 31 May 1929]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Dentipecten) vellicatus F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868 [details]
Other
additional source
Dijkstra, H. H.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 28 (1): 1-88. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum PINK)
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum YELLOW)
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesopeplum convexum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) New Zealand, Northland, Whangaroa, by tr...
To Malacopics (Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) New Zealand, Southland, Foveaux Strait, ...
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001254; Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929; holotype) (from synonym Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mesopeplum convexum (3) 888350)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mesopeplum convexum 888350)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum PINK)
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum YELLOW)
To Conchology (Mesopeplum convexum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesopeplum convexum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pecten convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) New Zealand, Northland, Whangaroa, by tr...
To Malacopics (Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) New Zealand, Southland, Foveaux Strait, ...
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001254; Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929; holotype) (from synonym Pallium kapitiensis Mestayer, 1929)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mesopeplum convexum (3) 888350)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mesopeplum convexum 888350)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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