3217 Author Raines, Bret Author Huber, Markus text Zootaxa 2012 2012-02-29 3217 1 106 journal article 1175­5334 Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853 ) Figure 16 F Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853 : sp. 104, pl. 26, fig. 104. Mirapecten thaanumi Dall et al ., 1938 : p. 84 , pl. 21, figs. 7–8. Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853 ) — Kay, 1979 : p. 526 , figs. 158 B, 169 A–B; Preece, 1995 : p. 350 ; Raines, 2002 : p. 33 , fig. 37; Raines & Poppe, 2006 : p. 130, pls. 77–79; Raines, 2007 : p. 82; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010 : p. 354, figs. 5 G–H; Huber, 2010: p. 199, fig. 4; Severns, 2011 : p. 448, pl. 204, fig. 5. Material examined. Several valves and more than one dozen fragments from EI and SyG (BK), plus specimens from the Hawaiian Islands ( MHU ), Fiji (BK), Australia (BK) and Okinawa (BK). Diagnosis. Shell small, thin, oblique and rather flat; RV slightly more convex than the LV; both valves carry 8– 10 low, radial ribs or folds, which are sparsely covered with thorn-like curved scales; auricles equal. Color variable from red, cream or light purple; RV paler. FIGURE 16. A–E , Parvamussium scitulum (E.A. Smith, 1885 ) ; A , Exterior LV, 4 mm in height; B , Interior LV, 3.5 mm in height; C , Exterior LV, 3.5 mm in height; D , Exterior RV, 3.2 mm in height; E , Interior RV, 3.3 mm in height; F , Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853 ) , Exterior LV, 16 mm in height; G , Cryptopecten bullatus ( Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 ) , Exterior LV, 16.4 mm in height; H–I , Cryptopecten nux ( Reeve 1853 ) ; H , Exterior LV, 11.8 mm in height; I , Exterior RV, 12 mm in height; J–K , Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791 ) ; J , Exterior LV, 18 mm in height; K , Exterior RV, 20 mm in height. Habitat. Occasionally found at several locations around EI and SyG , in sand and rubble, from 20–80 m . Distribution. Mirapecten mirificus is found throughout the Indo-Pacific region to include eastern Africa, the Red Sea, Malaysia , Indonesia , Japan , China , Philippines , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Austral Islands, Pitcairn Islands , New Caledonia , Fiji , eastern Australia , the Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island. However, it is not known from New Zealand or the Kermadec Islands— E5 .