Anguipecten superbus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2010, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia), Zoosystema 32 (2), pp. 333-358 : 352

Anguipecten superbus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) ( Fig. 5D )

Pecten superbus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842: 62 , pl. 12, fig. 11.

Anguipecten superbus — Dijkstra 2002: 140, fig. 9. — Tröndlé & Boutet 2009: 6 [listed from Austral Is].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Unknown locality, 2 syntypes spms (BMNH 1950.11.14.78-79).

Banc Président Thiers. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1926, 24°38’S, 146°01’W, 50-90 m, 1 lv. — Stn DW 1932, 24°41’S, 146°02’W, 500-800 m, 1 rv.

Banc Lotus. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1947, 23°49’S, 147°54’W, 120-150 m, 2 spms.

Tubuai, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1958, 23°20’S, 149°30’W, 80-150 m, 1 lv, 2 rv.— Stn DW 1959, 23°20’S, 149°30’W, 95-380 m, 1 lv.

Banc Arago. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1968, 23°23’S, 150°44’W, 100-120 m, 1 spm, 1 lv. — Stn DW 1977, 23°22’S, 150°44’W, 90-95 m, 1 spm. — Stn DW 1985, 23°26’S, 150°44’W, 100-107 m, 1 spm, 1 lv, 1 rv.

Rurutu. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1995, 22°29’S, 151°22’W, 212-450 m, 2 lv, 2 rv. — Stn DW 1999, 22°25’S, 151°22’W, 270-500 m, 1 lv. — Stn DW 2003, 22°28’S, 151°19’W, 250-330 m, 3 lv, 3 rv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands (MNHN, coll. HD, unpubl. data). Depth range 20-165 m (alive) (coll. HD, unpubl. data). Austral Islands, alive at 90-120 m depth.

REMARKS

The present specimens are juveniles, up to 17 mm in height (the adult reaches up to 70 mm) are similar to the type material, although the colour is somewhat paler and more yellowish.

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, Cryptopecten sp. A, external view of the right valve; B, Anguipecten lamberti (Souverbie, 1874), external view of the left valve; C, Anguipecten picturatus Dijkstra, 1995, external view of the left valve; D, Anguipecten superbus (Sowerby II, 1842), external view of the right valve; E, Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863), external view of the right valve; F, Gloripallium spiniferum, (Sowerby I, 1835), external view of the right valve; G, H, Mirapecten mirificus (Reeve, 1853), external views of the left and right valves.