Micropecten excuratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pectinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Pectinida Superfamilia: Pectinoidea

Familia: Cyclochlamydidae
Genus: Micropecten
Species: Micropecten excuratus

Name

• Micropecten excuratus Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2012: 396, figs 1F-J

Holotype: MNHN 24273.

Type locality: Vanuatu Archipelago, north of Tutuba Island, 15°32.3’S, 167°17.2’E, 17-19 m, sand (SANTO 2006 stn DS101).

Etymology: From the Latin adjective “excuratus”, meaning well-groomed or well-dressed, with reference to the abundantly sculptured disc of this micro-scallop.

References

• Dijkstra, Henk H. & Philippe Maestrati, 2012: Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago. Zoosystema, 34(2): 389–408.