Pectinella aequoris Dijkstra, 1991

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 : 397

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7020341
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scientific name	Pectinella aequoris Dijkstra, 1991
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Pectinella aequoris Dijkstra, 1991 View in CoL View at ENA

Pectinella aequoris Dijkstra, 1991: 23 View in CoL , figs 78-86.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Indonesia. N of Sumbawa, Bay of Sanggar , 175-185 m, holotype lv ( RMNH 56567 ) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn DS93, 15°33.6’S, 167°16.5’E, 70 m, 1 rv.— GoogleMaps Stn DS99, 15°32.5’S, 167°16.9’E, 100-105 m, 1 lv. — GoogleMaps Stn DS102, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 98-100 m, 1 lv, 1 rv. — GoogleMaps Stn DS104, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 10-80 m, 1 spm. — GoogleMaps Stn DS105, 15°33.0’S, 167°16.7’E, 92 m, 1 lv GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu (new record), Fiji, Austral Islands and the Hawaii Islands (Dijkstra 2001: 90; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 102; 2010: 342). Bathymetric range: earlier recorded from depths of 260 m; the Santo specimens live collected in 10-80 m show that this is also a shallow offshore species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Pectinida
SuperFamily	Pectinoidea
Family	Entoliidae
Genus	Pectinella