Coralichlamys madreporarum ( Sowerby II, 1842 )

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 : 398

Coralichlamys madreporarum ( Sowerby II, 1842)

Pecten madreporarum Sowerby II, 1842: 68 , pl. 14, fig. 68.

Coralichlamys madreporarum – Dijkstra & Knudsen 1998: 73, pl. 10, figs 44, 45 (synonymy, references, type data, description, distribution). — Raines & Poppe 2006: pl. 136, figs 2, 4-6.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ Red Sea ” (original description), “ Java ” (on label), lectotype spm ( NHMUK 1995083/1 ), designated by Dijkstra & Knudsen (1998: 75) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn ZR01, 15°33.1’S, 167°09.6’E, 8-35 m, 1 spm. — Stn DS06, 15°30.9’S, 167°11.1’E, 8-15 m, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn DB12, 15°36.6’S, 167°10.1’E, 10-18 m, 1 spm. — Stn ZB16, 15°32.4’S, 167°12.1’E, c. 5 m, 4 spms. — Stn LS17, 15°31.1’S, 167°10.5’E, 7 m, 2 lv, 1 rv. — Stn DS31, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.7’E, 5 m, 1 lv. — Stn LD35, 15°32.7’-32.8’S, 167°11.5’- 11.6’E, 3-8 m, 3 lv. — Stn NS37, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.8’E, 2-3 m, 1 lv, 3 rv. — Stn DS43, 15°27.9’S, 167°14.3’E, 22 m, 2 lv. — Stn FP46-49, 15°32.4’S, 167°12.7’E, 45-50 m, 1 spm. — Stn FB52, 15°42.7’S, 167°15.1’E, 7 m, 1 spm (juv.). — Stn DS59, 15°24.6’S, 167°14.3’E, 6-43 m, 1 lv. — Stn DB67, 15°22.9’S, 167°13.1’E, 7 m, 1 spm. — Stn VM72, 15°31.5’S, 167°09.5’E, intertidal, 1 spm. — Stn DB75, 15°22.9’S, 167°11.9’E, 20 m, 2 spm. — Stn FS88, 15°32.7’S, 167°11.5’E, 5 m, 1 lv, 1 rv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific ( Raines & Poppe 2006: 188), live lodged in Acropora branches intertidally to sublittorally. This is a new record for Vanuatu, based on live specimens from the intertidal zone to 45 m.