Anguipecten picturatus Dijkstra, 1995 (Fig. 5C)

Anguipecten picturatus Dijkstra, 1995b: 17 (nomen novum for Pecten aurantiacus Adams & Reeve, 1850, non Pecten aurantiacus J. de C. Sowerby, 1820, nec Defrance, 1825).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — China Sea. Holotype (spm) (BMNH 1950.11.14.8).

Tubuai. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1957, 23°19’S, 149°29’W, 558-1000 m, 1 lv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Réunion Island, Thailand, southern Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Coral Sea, Fiji (MNHN, coll. HD, unpubl. data). Depth range 20-130 m (alive) (unpubl. data, coll. HD). Now also Austral Islands (new record), only a single valve at 558 m depth.

REMARKS

The present specimen is nearly similar to the type material from the China Sea, although the commarginal microsculpture is somewhat more delicate and more closely spaced.