Pectinidae gallery

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Decatopectinini
GENUS	:	Decatopecten
Synonyms	:	Pallium striatum Schumacher, 1817 Pecten subplicatus Sowerby II, 1842 Pecten velutinus Sowerby II, 1842

Pictures

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off Ban Kantang, Strait of Malacca, West Thailand

trawled

H. 28.4 mm - W. 25.1 mm

off Phuket, Andaman Sea, Thailand

dredged in deep water

H. 33.5 mm - W. 29.7 mm

Mactan Isl., Cebu, Philippines

trawled on sandy bottom

H. 43.0 mm - W. 41.2 mm

Japan

trawled on sandy bottom from 20 fms depth

H. 41.1 mm - W. 36.4 mm

Mactan Isl., Cebu, Philippines

trawled

H. 31.2 mm - W. 29.4 mm

Mikawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

trawled at 10-20 fms.

H. 41.1 mm - W. 38.1 mm

Remarks

very colourful, solid pecten
differs from Decatopecten amiculum (Philippi, 1851) from the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea by the number of ribs:

	Decatopecten amiculum 7-11 ribs, more weakly developed more circular shell
	Decatopecten plica 3-5 strong ribs more elongated shell