Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chlamys lowei (Hertlein, 1935); Pecten vestalis Reeve, 1853 (Horton et al., 2021) and Chlamys lowei (Hertlein, 1935) (Keen, 1971). Note: Pecten (Chlamys) lowei Hertlein, 1935 in Hertlein L.G. (1935) fide Horton et al., (2021), Chlamys lowei (Hertlein, 1935) in Keen (1971).

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: From California to Ecuador and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
• 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): 301–328pp
• Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
• Keen, A.M. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru- Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 2nd edition, 1064 pp.