| PECTINIDAE | Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2009 |
| Figures |
Holotype
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| Original name | Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2009 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2009: 45-48, pl. 4, figs 32-36. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H. & P. Maestrati, 2009. New bathyal species and records of Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from Taiwan. - Bulletin of Malacology 33: 37-54, 36 figs, 1 tab. |
| Type data | Holotype (H 22.5 mm, L 18.5 mm, D 9 mm) National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan (NMNS-5904-001). Type locality: Taiwan, 24*57'N, 122*03'E, 115-170 m, alive, Warén dredge, leg. Bouchet, Richer de Forges & Chan, 07.v..2001 (TAIWAN 2001 stn CP 76). |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 60 mm high, most specimens smaller to ca. 40 mm, weakly inflated, almost equally convex, opisthogyrate, elongate, inequivalve and inequilateral, auricles strongly unequal, umbonal angle 85-90 degrees, colour polychromatic. Valves with ca. 24-36 (lv 24-30, rv 30-36) irregularly spaced, scaly radial ribs (different in prominence). Ribs on right valve somewhat weaker than of left valve. Byssal notch deep, byssal fasciole broad. Functional ctenolium well-developed with 5-7 teeth. |
| Distribution |
S Japan, E and S China Sea, Taiwan (TL), Philippines, Indonesia, N Australia |
| Habitat | Living sublittorally to upper bathyally. |
