Dear Milan,

Although the image is rather poor, I think it is a young specimen of Chlamys
rubida (Hinds, 1845).

Best wishes,

Henk

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> Van: Milan Peternel <[log in to unmask]>
> Beantwoord: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Datum: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 11:31:37 -0400
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: abyssal pectinid
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm asking for help to ID a Pectinid  taken nearly 2000m deep, near
> Paramushir Is., Northern Kuriles.
> Size 38mm, ornamentation consists of  about 40 widely spaced narrow ribs
> which are brown coloured with paler inter-spaces between them.
> Maybe it is possible to speculate about specific affiliation on the basis
> of this very poor photo (web-cam).
> Please take a look at:
> http://members.tripod.com/lenora_/milan/picture.jpg
>
> Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks.
>
> Milan
>
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