Pecten argenteus Reeve, 1853
REEVE, L. A. 1852-1853. Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: L. A. Reeve (Ed.), 1843-1878, Conchologia Iconica; or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8. [unnumbered pages], pls. 1-35. London. [sp. 168, pl. 35, fig. 168]
«Species 168. (Mus. Cuming.)
PECTEN ARGENTEUS. Pect. testâ suborbiculari, tenui, pellucidâ, compresso-convexâ, aequilaterali, subaequivalvi, valvis costis decem rotundatis concentricè striatis radiatis, interstitiis latiusculis, decussatim striatis; argenteo-albâ, fusco in interstitiis maculatâ et punctatâ; auriculis aqualibus.
THE SILVER PECTEN. Shell nearly orbicular, thin, transparent, compressly convex, equilateral, nearly equivalve, valves rayed with ten concentrically striated rounded ribs, interstices rather broad, decussately striated; silvery-white, spotted and dotted with brown in the interstices; ears equal.
Hab. China Sea. A transparent white shell, dotted in the interstices between the ribs with brown.»
LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, 1853
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L. A. Reeve, 1852-1853, plate 35.
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