Serripecten aldingensis (Tate, 1886)
TATE, R. W. 1886. The lamellibranchs of Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 8: 96-158 [p. 109, pl. 7, figs. 1a-c]
1886 Pecten aldingensis Tate, 1886
R. Tate, 1886, plate 7.
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«Shell orbicular, or a little longer than high, thin, subequilateral, inequilateral. Eight valve moderately convex, left valve flatter, ears unequal; both valves ornamented with about 50 narrow, rounded, sub-depressed ribs, straight or slightly flexuous, with narrower interspaces, which are sculptured with oblique linear sulci and punctures; towards the front margin a few indistinct concentric lamellae cross the ribs.
Right valve with the ears very unequal, the anterior aliiform, radially and concentrically scaly-striated, ventral margin sinuated for the passage of a byssus; posterior ear triangular, vertically and radially scaly-striated. Left valve with unequal ears, the posterior one the smaller; both triangular, and radially costated and scaly. Dimensions.— Length and height, 32 millimetres. Locality.— Glauconitic limestone, Aldinga Bay.» RALPH TATE, 1886
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