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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique?
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.