Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853 )

Raines, Bret & Huber, Markus, 2012, 3217, Zootaxa 3217, pp. 1-106 : 33-35

Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853)

Figure 16 F

Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853 : sp. 104, pl. 26, fig. 104. Mirapecten thaanumi Dall et al., 1938: p. 84 , pl. 21, figs. 7–8. Mirapecten mirificus ( Reeve, 1853) — Kay, 1979: p. 526, figs. 158 B, 169 A–B; Preece, 1995: p. 350; Raines, 2002: p. 33, fig.

37; Raines & Poppe, 2006: p. 130, pls. 77–79; Raines, 2007: p. 82; Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010: p. 354, figs. 5 G–H; Huber,

2010: p. 199, fig. 4; Severns, 2011: p. 448, pl. 204, fig. 5.

Material examined. Several valves and more than one dozen fragments from EI and SyG (BK), plus specimens from the Hawaiian Islands ( MHU), Fiji (BK), Australia (BK) and Okinawa (BK).

Diagnosis. Shell small, thin, oblique and rather flat; RV slightly more convex than the LV; both valves carry 8– 10 low, radial ribs or folds, which are sparsely covered with thorn-like curved scales; auricles equal. Color variable from red, cream or light purple; RV paler.

Habitat. Occasionally found at several locations around EI and SyG, in sand and rubble, from 20–80 m.

Distribution. Mirapecten mirificus is found throughout the Indo-Pacific region to include eastern Africa, the Red Sea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Austral Islands, Pitcairn Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, eastern Australia, the Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island. However, it is not known from New Zealand or the Kermadec Islands— E5.