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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Spathochlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush, 1897)


Range: 40.15°N to 21°S; 94.88°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 2 to 800 m (live 40 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Pecten muscosus auct. non Wood, 1828
Chlamys munda (Reeve, 1853) 
Pecten mundus Reeve, 1853
Chlamys sentis auct. non Reeve, 1853
Chlamys benedicti Verrill & Bush, 1897
Chlamys verrilli Dollfus, 1898
Pecten nympha Bavay, 1906

Details


Chlamys benedicti Verrill & Bush, 1897,
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Gulf of Mexico, south of Panama City, Florida, 29°11'15"N, 85°29'32"W, 25-27 fms (Waller 1993)
Range: 40.15°N to 9°N; 94.88°W to 67°W
Depth: 2 to 800 m (live 40 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Off Massachusetts, North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bermuda, Guadeloupe, Brazil: Amapa, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Trindade Island
References: Verrill & Bush (1897) N; Springer & Bullis (1956) DW; Cooley (1978) N; Johnson (1989) T; Sunderland & Cahill (1990) M; Waller (1993) DdLl; Smith, Jackson & Fortunato (2006) S; García (2007b)

Pecten mundus Reeve, 1853, 
[Synonym]
Range: 26°N to 21°S; 32.3°W
Depth: 35 to 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida
Comments: Non M'Coy, 1844.
Combining Genera:  Chlamys

Pecten muscosus auct. non Wood, 1828, 
[Not available]
References: Abbott (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Pecten (Chlamys) nympha Bavay, 1906a, p. 246-247, pl. 7, figs. 3-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "Caribaeum mare?"
Maximum Reported Size: 15.6 mm
References: Waller (1993) sM

Chlamys sentis auct. non Reeve, 1853, 
[Not available]
References: Abbott (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Chlamys verrilli Dollfus, 1898, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]
References: Waller (1993) s


Partial List of References

Bavay, A. 1906. Sur quelques espèces ou variétés nouvelles du genre Pecten Journal de Conchyliologie 53 243-247, pl. 7.

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