Decatopecten radula (Linnaeus 1758)
- Dataset
- Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Pectinida
- family
- Pectinidae
- genus
- Decatopecten
- species
- Decatopecten radula
discussion
REMARKS Geographical morphotypes will be discussed in a forthcoming monograph on the Australian Pectinoidea (Dijkstra & Beu in prep.).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION. — Eastern India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Tonga and Samoa (ZMA, unpublished data), from the intertidal zone to 36 m depth. Live taken in the intertidal zone to depths of 7 m.
materials_examined
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ O. Indico ”, lectotype spm (UUZM), designated by Dijkstra (1999: 403). Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn DR 11, 15 ° 36.6 ’ S, 167 ° 10.1 ’ E, 6 - 24 m, 1 spm. — Stn VM 24, 15 ° 35.2 ’ S, 167 ° 59.4 ’ E, intertidal, 1 lv. — Stn VM 35, 15 ° 29.4 ’ S, 167 ° 15.2 ’ E, intertidal, 2 spms. — Stn NS 37, 15 ° 31.4 ’ S, 167 ° 09.8 ’ E, 2 - 3 m, 1 lv. — Stn DR 41, 15 ° 28.8 ’ S, 167 ° 15.2 ’ E, 5 - 20 m, 1 spm. — Stn FR 53, 15 ° 42.7 ’ S, 167 ° 15.1 ’ E, 7 m, 1 spm. — Stn DR 84, 15 ° 43.4 ’ S, 167 ° 15.0 ’ E, 6 m, 2 spms.