Pecten australis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
SOWERBY II, G. B. 1842. Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), 1842-1847, Thesaurus conchyliorum; or, monographs of genera of shells, 1 (2): 45-78, pls. 12-20. London. [p. 76, pl. 19, figs. 210, 220]
«95. P. AUSTRALIS. (pl. xix. f. 210, 220.) nob.
T. sub-ovali, ventricosâ, crassiusculâ, aequivalvi, intequilaterali, posticè sub-expansâ: auriculis inaequalibus, scabrososulcatis; costis 23 crassis, sub-angulatis, trifariam divisis, lateribus serratis, angulis squamatis; interstitiis planis. Long. 1.45.; lat. 0.55.; alt. 1.50.; poll.
The shell is thicker and rounder than P. asperrimus, with fewer and less angular ribs and flat interstices. The ribs are composed of two rows of small, sharp points and a central ridge with scales. Swan River.» GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY II, 1842
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G. B. Sowerby II, 1842, plate 19.
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