Pectinidae gallery

PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

Pascahinnites coruscans hawaiensis (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)

Pictures

click on the picture to enlarge

Nawiliwili, Kawai Isl., Hawaii

dived under coral rubble at 2 m depth

H. 8.9 mm - W. 8.1 mm

Remarks

small and solid pecten up to 20mm
only found from Hawaii
hard to separate from Pascahinnites coruscans coruscans (Hinds, 1845) but the umbonal angle is smaller in the specimens from Hawaii.