Pseudohinnites levii Dijkstra, 1989

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2008, New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 77-114 : 103-105

Pseudohinnites levii Dijkstra, 1989

Pseudohinnites levii Dijkstra, 1989b: 29 , figs 1-3.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1331, 17˚02’S, 178˚02’E, 694-703 m, 1 lv; stn CP 1361, 18˚00’S, 178˚54’E, 1058-1091 m, 1 spm . — BORDAU 1 stn CP 1415, 16˚31’S, 179˚00’W, 670-682 m, 1 lv; stn CP 1458, 17˚22’S, 179˚28’W, 1216-1226 m, 1 spm; stn CP 1460, 18˚47’S, 178˚47’W, 750-767 m, 2 spms, 2 lv; stn DW 1485, 19˚03’S, 178˚30’W, 700-707 m, 1 lv; stn CP 1490, 18˚51’S, 178˚32’W, 785-820 m, 1 lv; stn CP 1491, 18˚50’S, 178˚27’W, 777-787 m, 1 lv.

Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1508, 21˚02’S, 175˚19’W, 555- 581 m, 3 spms, 1 lv; stn DW 1553, 20˚42’S, 174˚54’W, 650-676 m, 1 spm; stn CP 1600, 20˚48’S, 174˚52’W, 902-907 m, 6 spms, 1 lv.

Marquesas. MUSORSTOM 9: stn CP 1278, 7˚52’S, 140˚39’W, 1000 m, 1 spm.

DISTRIBUTION. — Philippines, Indonesia, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu and New Caledonia; live in 625-2000 m ( Dijkstra 2001: 90). New records for Fiji, Tonga and Marquesas Islands. Present material live in 581-1216 m.

REMARKS. — The present specimen of P. levii from the Marquesas is similar to the type specimens from New Caledonia, although in the former the radial and commarginal sculpture of the left valve is slightly more delicate and the right valve nearly smooth (typical radially sculptured). However, these characters vary somewhat within material in the MNHN and the present specimen falls within this range of variation. Other characters of this specimen are identical to the types .