| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Cyclopecten cincinnatus Dijkstra & Gofas, 2004 |
| Figures |
Holotype
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| Original name | Cyclopecten cincinnatus Dijkstra & Gofas, 2004 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Gofas, 2004: 47, figs 11A-I. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H. & S. Gofas, 2004. Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from some northeastern Atlantic seamounts. - Sarsia 89: 33-78, 22 figs, 4 tabs. |
| Type data | Holotype (pr: H 4.5 mm, L 4.5 mm, D 1.15 mm) Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: NE Atlantic, Atlantis Bank, 34*25.89'N, 30*32.49'W, 610-655 m, alive (SEAMOUNT 2 stn DW 263). |
| Description | Shell small up to ca. 5 mm high, fragile, semi-transparent, strongly inflated, circular, slightly inequivalve, equilateral, auricles unequal in size and shape, umbonal angle ca. 100 degrees, colour whitish. Left valve sculptured with widely spaced commarginal lamellae, more closely spaced near ventral margin. Delicate intercostal radial lines. Anterior auricle with prominent commarginal lamellae, finer on posterior auricle. Right valve with closely spaced, commarginal striae. Byssal notch deep. Internal riblets lacking. |
| Distribution |
NE Atlantic (TL) |
| Habitat | Living bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
