| PECTINIDAE | Semipallium barnetti Dijkstra, 1988 |
| Figure |
Holotype |
| Original name | Semipallium barnetti Dijkstra, 1988 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra, 1988: 16-17, figs. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H., 1988. Two new pectinids from the Philippines (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). - La Conchiglia/The Shell 20 (236-7): 16-18, figs. |
| Type data | Holotype (pr: H 26 mm, L 21.6 mm, D 6.1 mm) Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (ZMA Moll. 3.88.044). Type locality: Philippines, Cebu, Mactan Island, Magellan Bay, off Punta Engano, 110 m, alive, tangle-net fishing, Jan. 1987. |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 25 mm high, left valve slightly more inflated than right valve, oblong, nearly equivalve, inequilateral, auricles strongly unequal, umbonal angle ca. 80-85 degrees, colour creamy orange, sometimes purple or yellow orange, with dark orange or red-brown spots, right valve paler. Both valves sculptured with 7-9 primary radial lirae, 1-2 intermediate, and riblets laterally. Delicate shagreen microsculpture in the interspaces throughout. Anterior auricle of left valve radially sculptured with 9-11 delicate riblets. Byssal notch moderately deep, byssal fasciole narrow. Functional ctenolium on suture (6 teeth). Internal plicae. |
| Distribution |
Philippines (TL), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, New Caldonia |
| Habitat | Living upper bathyally amongst coral rubble on sandy bottoms. |
