Pascahinnites coruscans ( Hinds, 1845 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2013, Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Tarava Seamounts, Society Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), Zoosystema 35 (3), pp. 361-375 : 371

Pascahinnites coruscans ( Hinds, 1845)

Pecten coruscans Hinds, 1845: 61 , pl. 17, fig. 3.

Chlamys coruscans coruscans – Waller 1972: 231, pl. 1, figs 1-19 (synonymy, description, distribution, functional morphology, ecology).

Semipallium coruscans coruscans – Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 294 , figs 31, 32 (references, type data, description, distribution).

Pascahinnites coruscans coruscans – Paulay 2003: appendix 1, note 39. — Dijkstra & Marshall 2008: 51, figs 35, 48A, D. — Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 346 ; 2012: 400 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Marquesas Islands. Nukuhiva, 13 m, lectotype spm ( BMNH 19709), designated by Waller (1972: 231).

Tarava seamounts. Tarasoc , stn DW 3363, 16˚10’S, 146˚23’W, 490-560 m, 2 lv ; stn DW 3369, 16˚08’S, 146˚24’W, 412 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3370, 15˚39’S, 146˚52’W, 315-340 m, 1 juvenile lv; stn DW 3371, 15˚38’S, 146˚54’W, 430-450 m, 1 lv.

Society Islands. Tarasoc, stn DW 3413, 16˚34’S, 151˚46’W, 385-486 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3459, 17˚28’S, 149˚48’W, 485-560 m, 1 juvenile lv; stn DW 3477, 17˚30’S, 149˚44’W, 812-860 m, 1 lv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Eastern South Africa, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Maldive Islands, Cocos-Keeling Islands, southern Japan, southern China, Philippines, eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, New Hebrides, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Fiji Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Line Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Island, and Austral Islands ( Waller 1972: 234; Dijkstra & Marshall 1997: 101; Dijkstra & Marshall 2008: 51; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 346). Living depth range 0-60 m (unpubl. data, coll.HD).

REMARKS

The present post-mortem single valves have been washed down to bathyal depths (315-860 m).

The present specimens are indistinguishable from the type material from the Marquesas Islands.