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<mods:title>Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Dijkstra, Henk H.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity (NCB Naturalis), Department of Marine Zoology, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden (The Netherlands) henk. dijkstra @ ncbnaturalis. nl</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Maestrati, Philippe</mods:namePart>
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(
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F-J)
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TYPE MATERIAL. —
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[860,942,1089,1113]" pageId="7" pageNumber="396">Vanuatu</emphasis>
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. SANTO 2006, stn DS101,
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,
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,
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,
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lv (
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)
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,
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lv,
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rv (
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),
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lv,
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rv (
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Moll. 4.11.015)
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.
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LOCALITY. —
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Archipelago, north of
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,
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,
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, sand (SANTO 2006 stn DS101)
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.
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DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the
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locality, collected dead in
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17-
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.
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<paragraph blockId="7.[677,1211,1390,1467]" pageId="7" pageNumber="396">ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin adjective “excuratus”, meaning well-groomed or well-dressed, with reference to the abundantly sculptured disc of this micro-scallop.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[674,1212,1515,1699]" box="[677,821,1515,1541]" pageId="7" pageNumber="396">DESCRIPTION</paragraph>
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Shell up to
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high, fragile, hyaline, subcircular, slightly posteriorly oblique, inequivalve, inequilateral, left valve more inflated than right valve; translucent, prodissoconch of left valve conical, of right valve flat.
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TABLE 1. — Principal different morphological characters of
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,
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and
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<th box="[113,456,359,379]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Sculpture prodissoconch right valve</th>
<td box="[477,685,359,379]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">almost smooth</td>
<td box="[720,946,359,379]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">smooth</td>
<td box="[983,1185,359,379]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">latticed</td>
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<th box="[113,456,385,405]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Sculpture left valve</th>
<td box="[477,685,385,405]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">radial or latticed</td>
<td box="[720,946,385,405]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">smooth or commarginal</td>
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<th box="[113,456,412,432]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Sculpture right valve</th>
<td box="[477,685,412,432]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">smooth</td>
<td box="[720,946,412,432]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">smooth</td>
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<th box="[113,456,438,480]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Microstructure right valve</th>
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<td box="[720,946,438,480]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">hexagonal throughout</td>
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Left valve (
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) disc and auricles sculptured with numerous narrow antimarginal lirae, secondary riblets in interspaces, and delicate commarginal lirae, commencing in early growth stage. Auricles subequal, anterior one slightly larger than posterior one. Prodissoconch
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230 µm wide, conical, sculptured with a web-like pattern of raised tracery.
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Right valve (
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) disc and ventral half of posterior auricle similarly sculptured with narrow antimarginal lirae; intercostal secondary riblets in late growth stage. Longitudinal hexagonal microscructure. Posterior auricle continuous with disc, anterior one demarcated and sculptured with a few fine nodulous radial riblets. Byssal notch relatively deep. Prodissoconch flat and similarly sculpture as prodissoconch of left valve.
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Dimensions of
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(left valve): H
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, W
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.
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<paragraph blockId="8.[111,649,1198,1700]" box="[113,213,1198,1224]" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">REMARKS</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[113,339,1230,1255]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Micropecten excuratus</emphasis>
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is morphologically closest to
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<emphasis box="[280,529,1261,1287]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">Micropecten plectofilum</emphasis>
(Oliver &amp; Holmes, 2004)
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, known from
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(Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands; dead at
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depth). Both species have a similar size (
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<emphasis box="[520,648,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">M. excuratus</emphasis>
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in height,
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<emphasis box="[491,646,1388,1414]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">M. plectofilum</emphasis>
(Oliver &amp; Holmes, 2004)
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), are slightly posteriorly oblique, and have an antimarginal sculpture on the right valve. However,
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<emphasis box="[514,644,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">M. excuratus</emphasis>
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has more regularly spaced antimarginal sculpture, commencing at an earlier stage on the right valve, and
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<emphasis box="[282,413,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">M. excuratus</emphasis>
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also has a commarginal sculpture on the left valve, which is lacking in
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<emphasis box="[262,421,1641,1667]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="397">M. plectofilum</emphasis>
(Oliver &amp; Holmes, 2004)
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