Parvamussium scitulum ( Smith, 1885 )

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 : 393

Parvamussium scitulum ( Smith, 1885)

Amussium scitulum Smith, 1885: 312 , pl. 23, figs 4-4b.

Parvamussium scitulum – Dijkstra 1995b: 31, figs 43-46, 153, 154 (synonymy, references, type data, distribution, description). — Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 339 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — South of New Guinea. 51 m, lectotype lv ( NHMUK 1887.2.9.3319/1 ), designated by Dijkstra (1995b: 31) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn ED02, 15°31.7’S, 167°09.7’E, 18-21 m, 1 spm, 3 rv. — Stn AT04, 15°32.9’-33.1’S, 167°13.3’-13.7’E, 97-101 m, 2 lv, 9 rv. — Stn ED13, 15°31.3’-31.6’S, 167°10.0’-10.4’E, 22-29 m, 6 lv, 5 rv. — Stn ED17, 15°32.0’S, 167°09.6’E, 23-27 m, 8 lv, 16 rv. — Stn DS22, 15°31.7’S, 167°09.7’E, 25 m, 2 spms, 2 lv, 3 rv. — Stn AT37, 15°22.5’S, 167°12.6’E, 72-82 m, 1 spm. — Stn AT44, 15°36.5’S, 167°02.7’E, 86-118 m, 1 rv. — Stn AT52, 15°31.5’S, 167°12.7’E, 52-62 m, 11 spms, 3 lv, 2 rv. — Stn AT53, 15°31.8’S, 167°13.6’E, 62-71 m, 9 lv, 12 rv. — Stn AT76, 15°38.7’S, 167°03.6’E, 105-135 m, 1 lv, 5 rv. — Stn AT80, 15°31.7’S, 167°10.8’E, 36-43 m, 1 lv, 1 rv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Western and southwestern Pacific from southern Japan to New Caledonia, Vanuatu (new record), Wallis and Futuna, Tonga and Austral Islands, alive in 50-300 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 339). The Santo specimens are from as shallow as 21 m.