Pectinidae gallery

PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pecten jacobaeus1 Pecten jacobaeus2

Torrevieja, Spain

trawled in sand at 20 m depth

H. 71.1 mm - W. 77.1 mm

Fos, Marseille, France

dredged

H. 69.3 mm - W. 76.7 mm

Pecten jacobaeus3

Italy, Adriatic Sea

dredged at 15 m depth

H. 62.1 mm - W. 72.3 mm

Remarks

Differs by Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) by its more square ribs instead of the more flatter ribs from Pecten maximus.


Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

In West Africa another related species can be found: Pecten keppelianus (Sowerby III, 1905). Pecten jacobaeus differs in having no secondary ribs on the left valve.

Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pecten keppelianus (Sowerby III, 1905)