Semipallium flavicans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus, 1758: 698 .

Semipallium flavicans – Raines & Poppe 2006: 240, pl. 192, figs 1-5 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “O. australiore”, lectotype spm (UUZM), designated by Dijkstra (1999: 426) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn VM02, 15°34.9’S, 167°02.4’E, intertidal, 1 rv. — Stn ZB20, 15°36.1’S, 167°05.4’E, 15-20 m, 1 rv. — Stn AT40, 15°23.4’S, 167°12.7’E, 81-94 m, 1 rv. — Stn DB63, 15°26.9’S, 167°15.8’E, 21 m, 2 spms .

DISTRIBUTION. — Throughout most of Indo-West Pacific, from southern Japan southwards to northern Australia, westwards to Zululand and Mozambique, and eastwards to Samoa, found at depths of 3-35 m (ZMA, unpublished data). Vanuatu is a new record.