PECTEN SITE
Collection Arne Ghys
These Pectinidae can be found in the Red Sea. The area goes from the South of Israel and Jordan to Eritrea and Yemen. The Gulf of Aden is enclosed in the Indo-Pacific province.
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Coralichlamys madreporarum (Sowerby II, 1842)
Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)
Decatopecten amiculum (Philippi, 1851)
Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Delectopecten musorstomi (Poutiers, 1981)
Excellichlamys spectabilis (Reeve, 1853)
Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes in Maillard, 1863)
Glorichlamys quadrilirata (Lischke, 1870)
Gloripallium maculosum (Forsskal, 1775)
Gloripallium pallium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Juxtamusium maldivense (Smith, 1903)
Laevichlamys andamanica (Preston, 1908)
Laevichlamys rubromaculata (Sowerby II, 1842)
Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskal, 1775)
Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mirapecten tuberosus Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
Mirapecten yaroni Dijkstra & Knudsen, 1998
Pecten erythraeensis Sowerby II, 1842
Pedum spondyloideum (Gmelin, 1791)
Semipallium crouchi (Smith, 1892)