Propeamussium jeffreysii ( Smith, 1885 )

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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https://doi.org/10.5252/z2012n2a12

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5172333

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scientific name

Propeamussium jeffreysii ( Smith, 1885 )
status

 

Propeamussium jeffreysii ( Smith, 1885) View in CoL View at ENA

Amussium jeffreysii Smith, 1885: 310 , pl. 23, figs 2-2c.

Propeamussium jeffreysii View in CoL – Dijkstra 2001: 76, figs 5-12 (references, type data, description, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Philippines. 686 m, lectotype spm ( NHMUK 1887.2.9.3313 ), designated by Dijkstra (2001: 76) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn AT59, 15°31.5’S, 167°21.9’E, 759-985 m, 4 spms. GoogleMaps Stn AT60, 15°33.1’S, 167°22.0’E, 880-953 m, 1 spm GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Southeast Africa, Gulf of Aden, Maldive Islands, Japan, Philippines, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna. Bathymetric range: formerly recorded from 290 to 797 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 83), here extended to 880 m.

DIJKSTRA H. H. 2001. - Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands, Vanuatu Archipelago and New Caledonia, in BOUCHET P. & MARSHALL B. A. (eds), Tropical deep-sea benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185: 73 - 95.

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. 1885. - Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876, Zoology 13 (35): 1 - 341.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

SuperFamily

Pectinoidea

Family

Propeamussiidae

Genus

Propeamussium