World Register of Deep-Sea species - Delectopecten zacae (Hertlein, 1935)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Delectopecten zacae (Hertlein, 1935)

AphiaID

391801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391801)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Delectopecten R. B. Stewart, 1930

Original name

Pecten (Delectopecten) zacae Hertlein, 1935

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Hertlein, L. G. (1935). The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 25. The Recent Pectinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science. ser. 4, 21(25): 301–328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15973571
page(s): 321, pl. 18 figs 3-6, 9-10 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range lower littoral-bathyal

Depth range lower littoral-bathyal [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Delectopecten zacae (Hertlein, 1935). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391801 on 2026-09-12

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Delectopecten zacae (Hertlein, 1935). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391801 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-20 01:32:47Z

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Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of ) Hertlein, L. G. (1935). The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 25. The Recent Pectinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science. ser. 4, 21(25): 301–328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15973571
page(s): 321, pl. 18 figs 3-6, 9-10 [details]

context source (CoRMS) Gracia A., Valentich-Scott P. (2014) New records of soft bottom bivalves (Mollusca) inhabiting the northern Pacific Ocean of Colombia. Marine Biodiversity Records 7: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267214000566, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000566 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 171, pl. 56 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]