Dear Linda,

The original spelling is: Pecten cloacatus Reeve, 1853, now placed in
Mimachlamys: Mimachlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853) and a senior synonym of the
following species: Pecten valdecostatus Melvill, 1888, Pecten (Chlamys)
pelseneeri Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 (nom. nov. of Pecten rugosus G.B.
Sowerby 2nd, 1842, not of Lamarck), and Mimachlamys curtisiana Iredale,
1939. The present species is living littorally on soft sediments throughout
the western and southwestern Pacific.

Best wishes,

Henk

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>Van: Linda Bush <[log in to unmask]>
>Aan: [log in to unmask]
>Onderwerp: A Spelling Test
>Datum: din, 1 feb 2000 22:44
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> Thanks to everyone who has been helping me with my Pectinidae.  However,
> from various sources I have 3 spellings for one species, viz. "clocata,"
> "cloacta,"  and "cloacata."   Anyone care to straighten this out for me?
> (I have Rombouts book on order, but I don`t know if the answer is in it.)
> Best wishes to all; anyone who canj and doesn't get on n Conch-L is
> "missing the boat," as far as I'm  concerned.   Cheers, Linda