OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Pecten (Pecten) afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique?

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 20-73m (living), shells from intertidal to 173m ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Kilburn, R.N. & Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. p.271 [ original description, distribution, discussion of closely similar species ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Pecten Müller, 1776
                        Pecten (Pecten) Müller, 1776
                          Pecten (Pecten) afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46240) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-05-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-06-26.