Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago

• Main Authors: Dijkstra, H.H., Maestrati, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Bivalvia; Vanuatu Archipelago; littoral; bathyal; new family; new genus; new species; new records; 42.73; Abbott; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/427942; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/454509

This paper documents the species of Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815 collected in Vanuatu during the SANTO 2006 expedition. A total of 49 species (13 Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954, 4 Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., 1 Entoliidae Teppner, 1922, and 31 Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815) are represented, of which 70% ar...