Cryptopecten bullatus ( Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 )

Raines, Bret & Huber, Markus, 2012, 3217, Zootaxa 3217, pp. 1-106 : 35

Cryptopecten bullatus ( Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)

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Pecten (Chlamys) bullatus Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912: p. 17 , pl. 27, figs. 1–2. Cryptopecten alli Dall et al., 1938: p. 93 , pl. 23, figs. 1–4, 7. Chlamys alli Dall et al., 1938 —Kay, 1938: p. 524, fig. 168 A. Cryptopecten bullatus ( Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912) — Raines, 2002: p. 33, fig. 39; Raines & Poppe, 2006: p. 312, pl. 275;

Raines, 2007: p. 82; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008: p. 109; Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008: p. 69; Tröndlé & Boutet, 2009: p. 6;

Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010: p. 350; Huber, 2010: p. 203, fig. 6; Spencer et al., 2011: p. 1; Severns, 2011: p. 448, pl. 204,

fig. 4.

Material examined. Nearly two dozen valves, but no live specimens from EI (BK), plus specimens from the Hawaiian Islands ( MHU), Marquesas Islands ( MHU), Okinawa (BK) and the Philippines ( MHU).

Diagnosis. Shell small, delicate, wider than tall; valves inequilateral, with 19–26 radial ribs, which are covered with short broad squamae, and usually three ribs of the LV are more pronounced. Auricles subequal. Coloration of tan to reddish brown with white markings, and rays of color on the pronounced ribs.

Habitat. Commonly found at many locations around EI, in sand, from 50–80 m.

Distribution. Cryptopecten bullatus is found throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including eastern South Africa, Japan, East China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Marquesas Islands, Austral Islands, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands, Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island— E5.