PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Chlamydinae
TRIBE	:	Chlamydini
GENUS	:	Laevichlamys
Synonyms	:

Pictures

off Shimoni, Kenya collection Mrs Jessop

Transkei, South Africa dived at 10 m depth on rocks H. 20.7 mm - W. 17.3 mm

Remarks

• mostly found from South Africa
• colour usually brown with white zigzag markings
• living in shallow water
• can be easily distinguished by the shagreen (alike a honeycomb) structure between the ribs, Talochlamys humilis (Sowerby III, 1904) from the same region lacks this structure and lives in deep water