MCZ Malacology 7817

Pectinella sigsbeei (Dall, 1886)

Syntype of Pecten (Pseudamusium) sigsbeei

Date Collected:

1878-02-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | off Havana

Media type: image;   Malacology 7817 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Pectinella sigsbeei (Dall, 1886) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Pectinida Entolioidea Entoliidae
Common Name(s): glass scallop; sigsbee scallop
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Pectinida Pectinoidea Pectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Dall 1886, page 223, Syntype of Pecten (Pseudamusium) sigsbeei Dall, 1886 Plate IV, fig.2
Media type: text; Dall 1886 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XII no. 6;

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Shows Publication: Dall 1886 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XII no. 6

  • station number: 59

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-08
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-08   determined by=Nina Black  
valve (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-04-24

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  • The matching left valve is in the USNM type collection, USNM 62263, T. R. Waller, /28/1980. Pecten (Pseudamusium) sigsbeei Dall, 1886 in Kabat, 1995. 1 valve, right"

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Depth:
  • 158 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1666666°, -82.333333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1878-02-01 (Source: specimen records and ledgers)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 10′ 0″ N  82° 20′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1878-02-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February - March 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 7801;  7802;  7803;  7804;  7805;  7806;  7807;  7808;  7809;  7810;  7811;  7812;  7813;  7814;  7815;  7816;  7817;  7818;  7819;  7820;  7821;  7822;  7823;  7824;  7825 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 006001-012000, pg.73;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:7801 Argopecten nucleus to MCZ:Mala:78...

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