PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Pectinini
GENUS	:	Pecten
Synonyms	:

Pictures

S. Vicente Isl., Cape Verde trawled in sand at 10-15 m depth H. 41.8 mm - W. 45.8 mm

Dakar, Senegal, West Africa dredged at 10-20 m depth H. 52.8 mm - W. 58.7 mm

Port Gentil, Gabon, West Africa trawled in sand at 40 m depth H. 58.9 mm - W. 63.4 mm

Remarks

• In the Mediterranean another related species can be found: Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Pecten jacobaeus differs in having no secondary ribs on the left (upper) valve.
  
  Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Pecten keppelianus (Sowerby III, 1905)