Pectinidae gallery

PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Aequipectinini
GENUS	:	Aequipecten
Synonyms	:	Pecten distortus (Da Costa, 1778) Pecten irregularis Deshayes, 1832

Pictures

Talochlamys pusio1 Talochlamys pusio2

Port du Conquet, Brittany, France

at low tide on rocks

H. 42.2 mm - W. 35.6 mm

Port du Conquet, Brittany, France

dredged at 100 m depth

H. 18.3 mm - W. 14.1 mm

Talochlamys pusio5

Roscoff, Brittany, France, Atlantic Ocean

at low tide in rock crevices

H. 30.9 mm - W. 24.0 mm

Roscoff, Brittany, France, Atlantic Ocean

at low tide in rock crevices

H. 27.3 mm - W. 25.3 mm

Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

dredged on horse mussel bed

H. 39.9 mm - W. 33.6 mm

Remarks

Can be confused with Talochlamys multistriata (Poli, 1795).

very unequal ears (anterior-posterior) of Talochlamys multistriata

ears of Talochlamys pusio

This species lives attached by its byssus to rocks and is less distorted, Talochlamys pusio lives cemented on stones or coral and is much more deformed.


very unequal ears (anterior-posterior) of Talochlamys multistriata	ears of Talochlamys pusio