Lindapecten buchivacoanus buchivacoanus (F. & H. Hodson in Hodson et al., 1927)
HODSON, F., H. K. HODSON & G. D. HARRIS. 1927. Some Venezuelan, and Caribbean mollusks. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 13 (49): 1-80, pls. 1-40. [p. 29, pl. 16, figs. 6, 8, 10, 11]
1927 Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus F. & H. Hodson in Hodson et al, 1927
F. Hodson, H. K. Hodson & G. D. Harris, 1927, plate 16.
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«Shell is of medium size, equivalve, varies from 20 to 50 mm. in altitude, and is usually about as wide as long. Young specimens are usually a little higher than long. Both valves are similar, moderately inflated, and carry 17-18 radially striate, rounded ribs, which are about as wide as the striate interspaces. The ribs carry 3 strong, radial striae, the most prominent of which is down the middle of the rib; the other two primary striae are on each side about half way between the crest of the rib and the middle of the interspaces; on top of the rib on either side of the middle radial thread, there sometimes appears an intervening secondary. In the middle of the interspaces, there is a radial thread which is stronger than the one on either side of it at the base of the ribs; in younger specimens, only the middle thread in the interspaces is present. The growth lines form scaly imbrications when they cross the radial striae; the scales are easily worn away and are lacking in even slightly weathered specimens.
The hinge line is about two-thirds the width of the valves. The ears are approximately equal in length, radially striate, with 9-10 striae of varying strength. This species bears some resemblance to P. sansebastianus Maury. Our species has more radial strise in the interspaces and the shell is slightly wider. Age: Oligocene. Locality: Districts of Buchivacoa, Miranda and Petit, State of Falcón, locality numbers 36 (variation), 38 (or variation), 45, 46, 49 (variation), 58, 60 (or variation), 254, 155, 404, 1084, 1221, 1262, 1649, 1763, 1963, 1967, 2002, 2004.» F. HODSON & H. K. HODSON, 1927
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