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unidetified pecten from guam

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unidetified pecten from guam
12-22-2015, 08:04 PM,
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unidetified pecten from guam
location: Gab Gab Beach, Guam
Size 48mm


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12-24-2015, 11:46 AM,
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RE: unidetified pecten from guam
Pretty tough from the inside of the valve. Can you photograph the outside?
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12-25-2015, 04:36 AM,
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RE: unidetified pecten from guam
although it looks like the inside, that is the outside
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12-27-2015, 09:32 AM,
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RE: unidetified pecten from guam
OOPS! Sorry about that! I should have opened the actual image rather than simply looking at the small icon. This could be a bit difficult to ID by comparing it to pictures in books because it is a right ("lower") valve, while almost all books show the left valve of Pectinidae, and the shapes are somewhat different. It looks to me like a young Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linne, 1758). I'm not certain, and perhaps one of our Pectinidae experts might have another idea.
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