Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia) Author Dijkstra, Henk H. Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Mauritskade 61, NL- 1092 AD Amsterdam (The Netherlands) h. h. dijkstra @ uva. nl dijkstra@uva.nl Author Maestrati, Philippe Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution UMR 7138 Exploration de la Biodiversité case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) maestrat @ mnhn. fr maestrat@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2010 2010-06-30 32 2 333 358 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2010n2a6 journal article 8098 10.5252/z2010n2a6 e5f0fd86-cd64-4bc7-a687-728b198598cb 1638-9387 4521132 113CCB66-22A4-4C60-A020-5E275120D24E Glorichlamys elegantissima ( Deshayes, 1863 ) ( Fig. 5E ) Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes in Maillard, 1863: 32 , pl. 4, figs 11, 12. Glorichlamys elegantissima Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 279 [synonymy, references, description, distribution]. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tubuai. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1961, 23°21’S , 149°34’W , 470-800 m , 1 rv. Rurutu. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1995, 22°29’S , 151°22’W , 212-450 m , 1 fragment. DISTRIBUTION. — Eastern South Africa , Mozambique , Madagascar , Réunion , Thailand , southern Japan , China , Philippines , Indonesia , northwestern Australia , Papua New Guinea , New Caledonia , Fiji , Line Islands, Society Islands and Tuamotu ( Dijkstra 1991: 45 ; 1998: 21 ; Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 280 ; MNHN, coll. HD, unpubl. data). Depth range 18-120 m (alive) (unpubl. data, coll. HD). Now also Austral Islands (new record), only single valves at 212-470 m depth. REMARKS The type locality is Réunion Island , and the type material appears to be lost ; it is not in MNHN, where most Deshayes types of Recent molluscs – formerly in École des Mines – are currently lodged. The present specimens from the Austral Islands are morphologically indistinguishable from modern material from Réunion in MNHN .