Pecten (Aequipecten) acanthodes Dall, 1925
DALL, W. H. 1925. Notes on the nomenclature of some of our east American species of Pecten with descriptions of new species. The Nautilus, 38 (4): 112-120. [p. 120]
«Pecten (Aequipecten) acanthodes n. sp.
Shell of moderate size, subcircular, olivaceous brown with small paler mottlings; with 22 minutely spinose ribs, the spines in three subequal rows, with two or three smaller prickly threads in the narrower interspaces, the spines are excavated on the dorsal surface, more prominent laterally and on the upper border of the hinge-line; ears subequal, the anterior slightly larger, both with about five radiating spinose threads; byssal notch shallow, the ctenolium with eight teeth; internally the color and sculpture reflect that of the exterior; the flat interspaces between the grooves marginally threaded; hinge-line cross-striated and feebly longitudinally grooved; height, 32; width of shell, 32; of hinge-line, 26; diameter, 11 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 333697.
Range from Southern Florida to the Antilles. Than P. exasperatus this shell is less inflated, wider, and with less prominent spines. All the specimens seen are uniformly colored.» WILLIAM HEALEY DALL, 1925
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