PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Chlamydinae
TRIBE	:	Chlamydini
GENUS	:	Laevichlamys
Synonyms	:	Chlamys princessae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Pictures

Horseshoe Reef, Okinawa, Japan taken by diver under rocks at 30 ft depth H. 16.8 mm - W. 14.4 mm

Horseshoe Reef, Okinawa, Japan dived at 30 ft depth under rocks H. 16.9 mm - W. 13.6 mm

Seragaki, Okinawa, Japan taken by scuba at 90-120 ft depth under small rocks in caves on reef H. 14.8 mm - W. 11.6 mm

Remarks

• small pecten usually found in Japan
• colour yellow - orange - red regularly with some white lines.
• closely related to Laevichlamys andamanica (Preston, 1908) but can be recognized by the ears of the right (lower) valve:
  

  	Laevichlamys andamanica
  	Laevichlamys deliciosa