Propeamussium andamanicum ( Smith, 1894 )

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 : 391

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scientific name	Propeamussium andamanicum ( Smith, 1894 )
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Propeamussium andamanicum ( Smith, 1894) View in CoL

Amussium andamanicum Smith, 1894: 172 , pl. 5, figs 13, 14.

Propeamussium andamanicum View in CoL – Dijkstra 1995b: 15, figs 5-8, 138-142 (references, type data, description, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Andaman Sea . 1249 m, lectotype spm ( ZSI 7418/9 ), designated by Dijkstra (1995b: 15) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn AT60, 15°33.1’S, 167°22.0’E, 880-953 m, 19 spms, 1 lv. GoogleMaps — Stn AT61, 15°39.2’S, 167°01.4’E, 266-281 m, 1 spm GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Zanzibar area, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Andaman Sea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Wallis and Futuna.Bathymetric range:earlier recorded from 1216 to 2000 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 79), now significantly extended to shallower depths at 281- 880 m.

References

DIJKSTRA H. H. 1995 b. - Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas, in BOUCHET P. (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 14. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 9 - 73.

DIJKSTRA H. H. & MAESTRATI P. 2008. - New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific, in HEROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical deep-sea benthos, volume 25. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 77 - 113.

SMITH E. A. 1894. - Natural history notes from H. M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, ser. 2 (10). Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 14: 157 - 174.