Ballot's saucer scallop
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Ylistrum
Species:
Y. balloti
Binomial name
Ylistrum balloti
(Bernardi, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Amusium balloti (Bernardi, 1861)
  • Pecten (Amussium) milneedwardsi Gregorio, 1883
  • Pecten (Amussium) tatei Gregorio, 1893 ·
  • Pecten balloti Bernardi, 1861
  • Pecten lucens Tate, 1886

Ylistrum balloti, known as Ballot's saucer scallop is found around the waters of Australia. This scallop may live for a maximum of four years, and reach 14 cm in shell length, though more commonly 8 to 9 cm. Well regarded as seafood in Asia and Australia.[1][2][3]

Distribution and habitat

Ylistrum balloti (Bernardi, 1861) world distribution map

The Ballot's saucer scallop is highly available throughout the Australian coast.[4][5] A previous record from Indonesia was observed in 1991.[6] A recent report confirmed from Borneo island (Sarawak, Malaysia) suggested the range is expanding to the north.[7]

References

  1. "Ballot's Saucer Scallop (2018)". fish.gov.au. Australian Government. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. "Queensland Scallops, Saucer Scallops (Amusium balotti) Photographs and Information". Australian Fish Photos, Seafood Photographs and Information. Sea-Ex. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  3. "Ylistrum balloti Bernardi, 1861". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  4. Dichmont, Catherine M. (2000). "The first large-scale fishery-independent survey of the saucer scallop, Amusium japonicum balloti in Queensland, Australia". Journal of Shellfish Research. 19 (2): 731–739. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.029.
  5. Mynhardt, Glené (2014). "Shell shape convergence masks biological diversity in gliding scallops: description of Ylistrum n. gen. (Pectinidae) from the Indo-Pacific Ocean". Journal of Shellfish Research. 80 (4): 400–411. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu038.
  6. Dijkstra, HH (2000). "A contribution to the knowledge of the Pectinacean Mollusca (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from the Indonesian Archipelago". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 271 (1): 1–57. doi:10.5252/z2010n2a6.
  7. Morni, Wan Zabidii Wan; Abit, Lirong Yu; Latif, Kamil; Nerurkar, Sayali; Hassan, Ruhana; Al-Asif, Abdulla- (16 January 2023). "First record of saucer scallop Ylistrum balloti (Bernardi, 1861) from equatorial South China Sea". Arxius de Miscellania Zoologica. 20 (2023): 103–110. doi:10.32800/amz.2022.20.010304.


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