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Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885) 
AphiaID: 391565

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Propeamussiidae (Family) > Propeamussium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884
Synonymised
taxa
  Amussium watsoni E. A. Smith, 1885 (original combination)
Propeamussium watsoni bayonnaisense Okutani, 1962 (synonym)
Sources  redescription: Dijkstra H.H. (1995) Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. In: P. Bouchet (ed.), Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 14. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 167: 9-73. [29 December 1995]  [details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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Subspecies Propeamussium watsoni bayonnaisense Okutani, 1962 accepted as Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Environment marine
Distribution North Indian Ocean [details]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes  Depth range: 650-1300 m [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Length: >60 mm [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391565
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Date   action   by
2009-04-16 13:05:14Z  created  Dijkstra, Henk
2011-10-01 08:49:20Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Dijkstra, H. (2013). Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391565 on 2013-05-23
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