Species Account

Aequipecten heliacus Dall, 1925

Pectinoidea : Pectinidae

Non-native
Tebble name: n/a
Smith & Heppell name: n/a

To size: To 20mm. Shell Structure: Solid. Equivalve: Equivalve. Equilateral: Equilateral. Outline: Subcircular, anterior ear larger than posterior. Contour: Deep byssal notch with cteniolum of 4 teeth.

Sculpture: 20 acute radial ribs, each bounded by a row of fine spines and finer prockly threads in the interspaces. Margin: Crenulate. Colour: Shades of orange and brown, the left valve darker than the right.

Distribution & Ecology

From South Carolina, Florida, Bahamas and into the Caribbean.

Two specimens inside a bait pot found on Chesil Beach, Dorset

Depth Range

Additional Information & Related Species

Related Species

Pectinoidea : Pectinidae

References

Listed are literature citing Aequipecten heliacus Dall, 1925. Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.

Dall W.H. 1925. Notes on the nomenclature of some of our East American species of PEcten with descriptions of new species. Nautilus. 38: 112-120.
Holmes A.M., Oliver P.G., Trewhella S, Hill R. & Quigley D.T.G. 2015. Trans-Atlantic rafting of inshore mollusca on macro-litter. American molluscs on British and Irish shores, new records. Journal of Conchology. 42 (1): 41-49.

Resources

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
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  • CLEMAM
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  • MarLIN
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  • NBN Gateway
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  • BivAToL
  • MarBEF
  • Malacological Society
  • Unitas Malacologica
  • Census of Marine Life
  • MarBEF
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Record last modified: 17/05/2016