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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Cryptopecten (Genus)
> bullatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) Iredale, 1939
=Corymbichlamys Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Aequipecten alli (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
=Chlamys bullata (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
=Cryptopecten alli Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
=Cryptopecten complanus Z.R. Wang, 1983
=Pecten bullatus Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912
Images: Cryptopecten bullatus (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Cryptopecten (Genus)
> bullatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) Iredale, 1939
=Corymbichlamys Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Aequipecten alli (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
=Chlamys bullata (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
=Cryptopecten alli Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
=Cryptopecten complanus Z.R. Wang, 1983
=Pecten bullatus Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912
Details: Cryptopecten bullatus (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm
Distribution:
SW Indian Ocean, SE Africa, Japan, E China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, E Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Hawaiian Islands, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Ridge, and Kermadec Islands, from 135-366m
Type Data:
  • 150 metres, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, (type of Cryptopecten complanus Wang, 1983)
  • 275 metres, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.69)
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 1997 Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands, Molluscan Research, 18 (p.105)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil