OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Delectopecten alcocki (Smith, 1904)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten alcocki Smith, 1904

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W): Laccadive Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Coral Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: New Caledonia Outliers: Chesterfield Isles
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia

Keywords

depth: bathyal [ ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ from 760-860m alive ]
depth: continental slope 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: byssally attached [ often attached to silicious sponges ]
substrate: mud [ ]
substrate: sandy mud bottom 

References

 Dijkstra, H.H. 1991. p.26, fig. 87 [ references, Indonesian material, distribution, remarks ]  General reference
 Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. p.13, figs 1-4, 133-137 [ as Propeamussium alcocki; references, type data, New Caledonian material examined, distribution, remarks ]  General reference
 Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. p.265, figs 101-108 General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.64 [ as Propeamussium alcocki ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Delectopecten Stewart, 1930
                        Delectopecten alcocki (Smith, 1904)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45302) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-02.