PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

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

Pictures

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Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel found on underside of coral slabs at 35-45 m depth H. 33.2 mm - W. 29.9 mm

Dahab, Red Sea dived at 30 m depth under rocks H. 35.0 mm - W. 30.4 mm

Reunion Isl. taken by diver at 15-20 m depth under rocks H. 30.4 mm - W. 26.9 mm

Remarks

• shows a typical shagreen microsculpture, like a honey comb, reticulated
• interior is off-white with some influence of the exterior color (first row of the picture below), Semipallium flavicans is always white with some yellow and some black near the umbo (second row).



	Semipallium crouchi
	Semipallium flavicans





• closely related to the Japanese species Semipallium dianae (Crandall, 1979)



	Semipallium dianae which is more colourful
	Semipallium crouchi, mostly orange brown with sometimes some purple marks