Galapagos Species Database
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Delectopecten zacae
Pecten panamensis.
Height, about 12 mm; length; 10 mm.
Deep water (more than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Pectinida
Superfamily
Pectinoidea
Family
Pectinidae
Genus
Delectopecten
Species
zacae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pecten panamensis Dall, 1908, non Dall, 1898; USNM: 122867 (Syntype); Syn.: Pecten (Delectopecten) zacae Hertlein, 1935 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: From Gulf of California to Panama, offshore islands, including Clipperton and the Galapagos Islands, in 10 to 1,840 m.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Delectopecten zacae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10446. Accessed 21 June 2025.