Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 406

Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853)

Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853 : sp. 104, pl. 26, fig. 104.

Mirapecten mirificus – Raines & Poppe 2006: 130, pl. 77, figs 1-7, pl. 78, figs 1-7, pl. 79, figs 1-7 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution). — Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 354, fig. 5G, H.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Indonesia. Ambon, holotype spm ( NHMUK 1950.11.14.46).

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn FR24, 15°33.1’S, 167°09.6’E, 1-30 m, 1 lv. — Stn EP35, 15°34.9’-35.1’S, 167°13.9’-

14.1’E, 10-51 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS103, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 70-80 m, 1 lv. — Stn DS105, 15°33.0’S, 167°16.7’E, 92 m, 1 rv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Japan, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (new record), New Caledonia, Fiji, Austral Islands and Hawaiian Islands, from depths of 37-230 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 354).