PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Aequipectinini
GENUS	:	Aequipecten
Synonyms	:	Pecten minutus (Nicklès,1955 )

Pictures

off Axim, Ghana dredged at 35-40 m depth H. 9.1mm - W. 9.5 mm

Sao Tomé, West Africa collection António Monteiro

Ghana Collection Peter Ryall

Remarks

• small pectinid with 19-21 ribs on each valve.
• colouration brown to purplish brown.
• no confusion possible with other West-African Pectinidae because of its height (<15mm) and the rather flat valves.