PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Pectinini
GENUS	:	Leptopecten
Synonyms	:
Holotype	:	Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - USA 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6

Pictures

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Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico trawled by shrimp boats H. 17.5 mm - W. 17.5 mm

Remarks

• small pectinid (10-20 mm) usually brown coloured with some white maculations
• related to Leptopecten latiaurata (Conrad, 1837) from California - USA but camerella is usually smaller, more circular and the ribs are smaller & sharper compared to latiaurata