Mirapecten rastellum ( Lamarck, 1819 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 406

Mirapecten rastellum ( Lamarck, 1819)

Pecten rastellum Lamarck, 1819: 698 . — Dijkstra 1994: 474, figs 17-26.

Mirapecten rastellum – Raines & Poppe 2006: 132, pl. 81, figs 1-6; pl. 82, figs 1-6 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ Les mers du nord”, holotype spm ( MHNG 1088/24 ) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006 , stn FR03, 15°36.2’S, 167°06.3’E, 3-32 m, 1 rv. — Stn DB20, 15°30.5’S, 167°01.4’E, 22-25 m, 1 rv. — Stn ZS22, 15°33.1’S, 167°09.6’E, 27-29 m, 1 lv. — Stn EP35, 15°34.9’-35.1’S, 167°13.9’- 14.1’E, 10-51 m, 1 spm. — Stn EP39, 15°33.6’-33.7’S, 167°16.3’-16.5’E, 75-80 m, 2 spms. — Stn DB63, 15°26.9’S, 167°15.8’E, 21 m, 1 lv. — Stn DB65, 15°25.8’S, 167°13.0’E, 13 m, 1 spm. — Stn DB69, 15°24.4’S, 167°13.0’E, 38 m, 1 spm. — Stn DR87, 15°38.5’S, 167°15.1’E, 13 m, 1 spm. — Stn DS103, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 70-80 m, 1 lv. — Stn AT114, 15°33.4’S, 167°16.4’E, 148-166 m, 1 lv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, northwestern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (new record) and Fiji, live at depths of 10-200 m (ZMA, unpublished data, and present records).