Gloripallium spiniferum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

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 : 373

Gloripallium spiniferum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Pecten spiniferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1835: 110 . — G. B. Sowerby II 1842: 74, pl. 20, figs 229, 230. — Reeve 1853: sp. 118, pl. 28, fig. 118 (text unpaginated).

Pecten pulcherrimus Gray in Gray & G. B. Sowerby II, 1839: 150 , pl. 41, figs 1, 2.

Gloripallium spiniferum – Waller 1972: 240, pl. 4, figs 58- 63 (holotype). — Dijkstra 1989a: 15. — Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 281. — Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 354 , fig. 5F.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tuamotu Archipelago. Marutea, holotype spm ( BMNH 1950.11.14.69).

Tarasoc, stn DW 3363, 16˚10’S, 146˚23’W, 490-560 m, 1 rv; stn DW 3369, 16˚08’S, 146˚24’W, 412 m, 1 rv; stn DW 3385, 15˚41’S, 146˚54’W, 390-420 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3389, 14˚55’S, 148˚15’W, 889 m, 1 rv; stn DW 3397, 15˚50’S, 148˚17’W, 600 m, 1 rv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Society Islands, Austral Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands ( Dijkstra 1989a: 15; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 354, MNHN, pers. data). Living sublittorally under coral slabs or amongst coral rubble on sandy bottoms (MNHN, coll. HD). Living depth range 18-32 m (pers. data, coll. HD). The present specimens have been washed down to 390-600 m depth.

REMARKS

The present single valves are indistinguishable from the holotype.

Genus Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938