The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) Author Dijkstra, H. H. Author Kilburn, R. N. text African Invertebrates 2001 2001-12-31 42 263 321 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7910445 2305-2562 7910445 Pecten afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995 Pecten afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995: 272 , figs 1–9; Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 212 , fig. 862. Type locality: off Umkomaas, S Natal, South Africa , 30°12'S , 30°48'E , 55 m . Type material: Holotype NMSA A1314 /T928, 12 paratypes (11 NMSA , 1 ZMA ) (see Kilburn & Dijkstra 1995: 276 ). Distribution: Continental shelf of SE Africa, from northern Zululand (Kosi Bay ) to eastern Cape (East London area). Habitat: Littoral to sublittoral depths, free-living on fine to medium sandy sediments.