New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific
Author
Dijkstra, Henk H.
John T. Huber
Author
Maestrati, Philippe
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
77
114
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
Parvamussium pauciliratum
(Smith, 1903)
Parvamussium pauciliratum
Smith, 1903: 622
, pl. 36, figs 23-24.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
—
The
type
material (see
Dijkstra 1995: 28
).
Solomon Islands
. SALOMON 1: stn CP 1748,
09°20’S
,
159°58’E
,
509-522 m
, 2 spms
.
DISTRIBUTION.
—
Maldive Islands
,
Indonesia
,
Chesterfield Islands
and
New Caledonia
(
Dijkstra 1995: 28
); live in
27-45 m
. New records for the
Solomon Islands
. Present material live in
509-522 m
. The bathymetrical range is considerably extended, this species previously having been recorded only from sublittoral depths
.