Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)

Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791: 3319 .

Laevichlamys squamosa – Raines & Poppe 2006: 208, pl. 151, figs 1-3, 5-6, pl. 152, figs 1-7, pl. 296, fig. 2 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Type locality not indicated. Lectotype spm (NHMUK, Sloane collection), designated by Dijkstra (1991: 32).

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn ZR03, 15°33.1’S, 167°09.6’E, 0-45 m, 1 spm. — Stn ZB13, 15°36.7’S, 167°02.0’E, 18-30 m, 1 spm. — Stn LS17, 15°31.1’S, 167°10.5’E, 7 m, 1 lv, 2 rv. — Stn LR18, 15°31.1’S, 167°10.5’E, 7 m, 1 spm. — Stn NR20, 15°27.2’S, 167°15.1’E, 42 m, 1 lv. — Stn ZB20, 15°36.1’S, 167°05.4’E, 15-20 m, 2 spms. — Stn DS31, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.7’E, 5 m, 2 lv. — Stn DB33, 15°34.7’S, 167°13.8’E, 14-25 m, 1 spm. — Stn EP36, 15°33.1’- 33.3’S, 167°12.4’-12.7’E, 20-60 m, 1 spm. — Stn DS37, 15°29.5’S, 167°14.8’E, 8 m, 1 spm, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn NS37, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.8’E, 2-3 m, 5 lv, 3 rv. — Stn DS38, 15°29.9’S, 167°15.1’E, 3 m, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn DR39, 15°29.9’S, 167°15.1’E, 3 m, 1 spm. — Stn FB40, 15°22.9’S, 167°11.7’E, 9 m, 3 spms. — Stn NR48, 15°33.2’S, 167°08.8’E, 20 m, 1 spm. — Stn DB53, 15°28.8’S, 167°15.2’E, 5 m, 1 spm. — Stn FR53, 15°42.7’S, 167°15.1’E, 7 m, 1 spm. — Stn DS54, 15°28.8’S, 167°15.2’E, 5 m, 1 rv. — Stn FB56, 15°35.2’S, 167°02.1’E, 3-18 m, 1 spm. — Stn VM58, 15°28.6’S, 167°15.3’E, intertidal, 1 spm. — Stn FR57, 15°35.3’S, 167°01.9’E, 3-18 m, 1 spm. — Stn DR74, 15°22.9’S, 167°11.9’E, 15-20 m, 1 spm. — Stn DB80, 15°37.1’S, 167°07.5’E, 18 m, 1 spm. — Stn DR84, 15°43.4’S, 167°15.0’E, 6 m, 1 spm .

DISTRIBUTION. — Throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the northeastern Indian Ocean eastwards into the Pacific to Easter Island, and southern Japan southwards to northern Australia (Raines & Poppe 2006: 210), living intertidally to sublittorally.