Pascahinnites pasca (Dall, 1908) (Fig. 3L, M)

Pecten (Chalmys) [sic] pasca Dall, 1908: 401 .

Pascahinnites pasca — Dijkstra & Raines 1999: 200, figs 1, 2 [references, type data, description, habitat, comparison]. — Tröndlé & Boutet 2009: 6 [listed from Austral Is].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Easter Island . Holotype lv (USNM 110765).

Marotiri. BENTHAUS, stn DW 1884, 27°54’S, 143°33’W, 570-620 m, 2 lv. — Stn DW 1885, 27°52’S, 143°33’W, 700-800 m, 1 lv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Formerly only known from Easter Island and considered as endemic. Austral Islands, only loose valves at 620-700 m depth.

REMARKS

The present specimens (free living stage) from Marotiri Islands are indistinguishable in all characters from the (non-cemented) type material from Easter Island.On Easter Island, the species lives sublittorally (Dijkstra & Raines 1999) and the somewhat eroded valves from Marotiri were obviously displaced to bathyal depths.