PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Pectininae
TRIBE	:	Aequipectinini
GENUS	:	Aequipecten
Synonyms	:

Pictures

Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina trawled by nets at 50 m depth H. 54.9 mm - W. 55.3mm

Remarks

• medium sized pectinid with 11-14 ribs on each valve.
• colouration mostly white with some red rose to brown markings.
• Aequipecten tehuelchus tehuelchus (Orbigny, 1846) differs from Aequipecten tehuelchus madrynensis by its higher number of ribs (14-17)