| Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Bay of Biscay to Cabo Verde, Canarias & Gorringe seamounts to Mediterranean. On rocky bottoms, from circa 8m deep down to shelf depths. Original taxon: Ostrea pesfelis. Above and below: specimens collected around Levant Island, Hyères, Var, S. France. 60-64mm. |
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Synonyms: corallina Poli, elongata von Born, felipes Locard.
The shape is subtriangular; the valves are longer than larger, almost equivalve, slightly inequilateral, and convex; The sculpture is made up of 7-8 radiating folds, separated from each other by interspaces as wide as the folds; some commarginal growth-marks occur. Microsculpture made up of numerous thin radiating striae. Anterior ears well developed, posterior ears obsolete. Six teeth on the ctelonium. Colour orange to red, pale to deep, occasionnally adorned with irregular lighter and/or darker mountain-shaped marks. |
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| Pecten pes-felis in J. G. Hidalgo: Moluscos marinos de España, Portugal y las Baleares, Madrid 1870, via BHL. |
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Variants albida, aurantiaca, aurea, grisea, rubiginosa…
45m deep, coral rubble, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 45-48mm. |
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| Among rocks and mud, in coralligenous zone, bay of Baratti, Piombino, Toscana, W. Italy. 30,5mm. |
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| Young specimens from Scilla, Calabria, SW. Italy. 28-31mm. |
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Pecten pes-felis in L. A. Reeve. From left to right:
Conchologia systematica vol. I, London 1841.
Conchologia iconica vol. VIII, London 1855. |
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Two specimens from Otranto, Lecce, Puglia, S. Italy.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
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Calanque de Callelongue, south of Marseille, Provence, S. France. Original picture provided by slebris for iNaturalist.
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15-20m deep, Brela, south of Split, S. Croatia. 70mm.
Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR).
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