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.