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Abstract
The Icelandic pectinoid fauna is reviewed, based on material from the benthic survey programme BIOICE and 17 species are recorded. Similipecten oskarssoni is proposed as a replacement name for Pecten groenlandicus var. minor Locard, Citation1898 (Propeamussiidae), which is considered a valid species. Lectotypes are designated for Pecten groenlandicus var. minor and Pecten frigidus Jensen, Citation1904 (Pectinidae). Cyclopecten ambiannulatus Schein, Citation1989, Parvamussium propinquum (Smith, 1885), Catillopecten eucymatus (Dall, Citation1898), and Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, Citation1758) were previously not known from the Icelandic fauna. All species are figured and described and distinguishing characters are discussed. The distribution in Scandinavian and North Atlantic waters is revised based on the collections in SMNH. The low frequency of juvenile specimens of A. opercularis, Mimachlamys varia and Pecten maximus may indicate that Scandinavian populations are the result of very occasional recruitment.
Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Acknowledgements
For the loan of material and access to the mollusc collections we are much indebted to P. Bouchet (MNHN), J. Knudsen and T. Schiøtte (ZMC), and K.M. Way (BMNH). Hans Larsen, Reykjavik, is thanked for his management of the mollusc collections of the BIOICE programme, preliminary identifications, and labeling. He and Jón Bógason also gave Warén access to their unpublished notes on the Icelandic mollusc fauna. Dr Jon-Arne Sneli, Trondheim, helped with information on commercial pectinid fishery.
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Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark