Decatopecten radula ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 404

Decatopecten radula ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Ostrea radula Linnaeus, 1758: 698 .

Decatopecten radula radula – Raines & Poppe 2006: 106, pl. 50, figs 1-7; pl. 51, figs 1-3, 5, 6; pl. 295, fig. 2 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ O. Indico ”, lectotype spm ( UUZM), designated by Dijkstra (1999: 403) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn DR11, 15°36.6’S, 167°10.1’E, 6-24 m, 1 spm. — Stn VM24, 15°35.2’S, 167°59.4’E, intertidal, 1 lv. — Stn VM35, 15°29.4’S, 167°15.2’E, intertidal, 2 spms. — Stn NS37, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.8’E, 2-3 m, 1 lv. — Stn DR41, 15°28.8’S, 167°15.2’E, 5-20 m, 1 spm. — Stn FR53, 15°42.7’S, 167°15.1’E, 7 m, 1 spm. — Stn DR84, 15°43.4’S, 167°15.0’E, 6 m, 2 spms .

DISTRIBUTION. — Eastern India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Tonga and Samoa ( ZMA, unpublished data), from the intertidal zone to 36 m depth. Live taken in the intertidal zone to depths of 7 m.

REMARKS

Geographical morphotypes will be discussed in a forthcoming monograph on the Australian Pectinoidea (Dijkstra & Beu in prep.).