Mimachlamys carinata (J. de C. Sowerby, 1827)
SOWERBY, J. & J. DE C. SOWERBY. 1812-1846. The Mineral Conchology of
Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of
testaceous animals or shells. 7 vols., pls. 1-648 (and 2 bis). London. [v. 6, p. 145, pl. 575, fig. 4]
1827 Pecten carinatus J. de C. Sowerby, 1827
J. Sowerby & J. de C. Sowerby, 1812-1846, plate 575.
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«SPEC. CHAR. Orbicular, rather elongated, convex, smooth, ribbed; ribs about seventeen, distant, rounded, with a sharp keel along- the middle of each; ears defined, rather large; internally sulcated.
BETWEEN each of the broad carinated ribs is an equally broad flat smooth space, along whose middle there generally runs a sharp line : the ears are square and ample; the valves are equally convex. Found in Barton Cliff, and also in other parts of Hampshire.» JAMES DE CARLE SOWERBY, 1827
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