Mirapecten mirificus (Reeve,
1853)
36.8mm
These
have been seen alive only rarely, all deep on the seaward reef slope. More commonly,
single valves have been found in sand and rubble samples brought up from 60m
and more. Shell color in this species is variable.
Created
9 January 2018
Updated 28 February 2019
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