Propeamussium caducum ( Smith, 1885 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 391

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5172331
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scientific name	Propeamussium caducum ( Smith, 1885 )
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Propeamussium caducum ( Smith, 1885) View in CoL

Amussium caducum Smith, 1885: 309 , pl. 23, figs 1-1c.

Propeamussium caducum View in CoL – Dijkstra 1995b: 15, figs 9, 10, 129-132 (synonymy, references, type data, description, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Philippines. W of Luzon, 1280 m, lectotype spm ( NHMUK 1887.2.9.3310 ), designated by Dijkstra (1995b: 17) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn AT19, 15°40.8’S, 167°00.5’E, 503-600 m, 5 spms, 1 lv. GoogleMaps — Stn AT59, 15°31.5’S, 167°21.9’E, 759-985 m, 3 spms. GoogleMaps — Stn AT70, 15°40.7’S, 167°00.5’E, 517-614 m, 1 spm. GoogleMaps — Stn AT72, 15°44.1’S, 167°03.3’E, 618-722 m, 1 spm. GoogleMaps — Stn AT73, 15°40.8’S, 167°00.5’E, 514-636 m, 3 spms, 4 lv. GoogleMaps — Stn AT107, 14°58.6’S, 166°52.5’E, 807-844 m, 1 spm, 1 lv, 1 rv. GoogleMaps — Stn AT110, 15°01.6’S, 166°55.0’E, 567 m, 1 spm GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Zanzibar area, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Bathymetric range: formerly recorded from 176 to 688 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 82), here extended to 807 m.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Pectinida
SuperFamily	Pectinoidea
Family	Propeamussiidae
Genus	Propeamussium