Propeamussium watsoni ( Smith, 1885 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2013, New species and new records of bathyal living Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) from the Southwest Pacific, Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 469-478 : 470

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scientific name

Propeamussium watsoni ( Smith, 1885 )
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Propeamussium watsoni ( Smith, 1885) View in CoL

Amussium watsoni Smith, 1885: 309 , pl. 22, figs 8-8c.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Guinea. NE-region, 2°23’S, 144°04’E, 1957 m (“Challenger” stn 218), lectotype spm ( NMHUK 1887.2.9.3307), designated by Dijkstra (1995: 24).

Norfolk Ridge. TERRASSES, stn DW 3041, 23°59’S, 169°44’E, 800-840 m, 1 rv. — Stn DW 3044, 23°49’S, 169°46’E, 650-690 m, 1 rv. — Stn DW 3120, 22°44’S, 167°15’E, 320-360 m, 1 rv (fragment).

DISTRIBUTION. — See Dijkstra & Maestrati (2010: 335). Now also Norfolk Ridge, only single valves in 320- 840 m.

DIJKSTRA H. H. 1995. - 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. 2010. - Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Zoosystema 32 (2): 333 - 358. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2010 n 2 a 6

SMITH E. A. 1885. - Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76, in Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Zoology 13 (35): 1 - 341.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Propeamussiidae

Genus

Propeamussium