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The Malacological Society of Australasia

Molluscan Research Abstract

Molluscan Research

Volume 19, Issue 1: 19 May 1998

Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae: Propeamussiidae) from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea

Henk H. Dijkstra

Institute of Systematics and Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Zoological Museum, Department of Malacology, P.O. Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Thirty five species of Pectinoidea (33 Pectinidae, 2 Propeamussiidae) are described from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Serratovola pallula n. sp. is here introduced as new to science. Lectotypes are designated of Pecten cloacatus Reeve, 1853 and Pecten tricarinatus Anton, 1838, and type localities are designated for Pecten vexillum Reeve, 1853, Pecten spectabilis Reeve, 1853, and Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791.
Key words: Pectinoidea, Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae, Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea.

pp. 11-52.

 

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