Delectopecten musorstomi Poutiers, 1981

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2010, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia), Zoosystema 32 (2), pp. 333-358 : 344

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2010n2a6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4521106
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scientific name	Delectopecten musorstomi Poutiers, 1981
status

Treatment

Delectopecten musorstomi Poutiers, 1981: 331 , pl. 1, figs 2, 3.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Philippines. N of Lubang, 150-159 m, holotype spm ( MNHN 21162).

Banc Arago. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1979, 23°22’S, 150°44’W, 176-340 m, 1 rv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island ( Dijkstra & Marshall 1997: 88; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 105). Depth range 150-250 m (alive). Now also Austral Islands (new record), only single valves at 176 m depth.

REMARKS

The present specimen difffers from the type material from the Philippines only in almost lacking the radial rows of lamellate sculpture.

References

DIJKSTRA H. H. & MARSHALL B. A. 1997. - Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands. Molluscan Research 18: 73 - 114.

DIJKSTRA H. H. & MAESTRATI P. 2008. - New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific, in HEROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical deep-sea benthos, volume 25. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 77 - 113.

POUTIERS J. M. 1981. - Mollusques: Bivalves, in Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM. I - Philippines (18 - 28 mars 1976). Memoires ORSTOM 91: 325 - 356.