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Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Pectinini
GENUS	:	Annachlamys
Synonyms	:	Pecten leopardus Reeve, 1853 Annachlamys melica Iredale, 1939

Pictures

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Round Hill, Bustard Bay, Queensland, Australia trawled H. 74.6 mm - W. 81.8 mm

Peel Isl., Morton Bay, Queensland, Australia trawled from 25-30 m depth in sand H. 72.3 mm - W. 82.9 mm

off Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia trawled H. 44.5 mm - W. 48.8 mm

Queensland, Australia trawled H. 42.6 mm - W. 46.3 mm

Remarks

• medium sized pectinid (60-100 mm), often with beautiful purple, red or orange rays on a white surface
• usually some red inside the shell
• sometimes confused with the other members of the genus Annachlamys:
  

  	Annachlamys flabellata colouration inside is white with bright red dots, sometimes only white colourfull shell less convex then A. kuhnholtzi interspace (I) between the ribs (R) larger then with A. reevei left (upper) valve slightly higher then the right (lower) valve
  	Annachlamys kuhnholtzi colouration inside is white with yellow to yellowbrown marks mostly coloured white with brown valves more convex then A. flabellata more circular then A. flabellata only found in the Eastern part of Australia to New Caledonia
  	Annachlamys striatula colouration inside is white with yellow very colourful with a wide variety shades of red, orange, yellow, purple and brown the ribs near the margin are almost flat
  	Annachlamys reevei valves more convex then A. flabellata smaller then A. flabellata, maximum 50 mm in size

• 	Annachlamys flabellata
  	Annachlamys striatula
  	Annachlamys reevei