Pecten danicus Reeve, 1852
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. 13, pl. 3, fig. 13]
«Species 13. (Mus. Cuming.)
PECTEN DANICUS. Pect. testa suborbiculari, inaequivalvi, tenui, subcompressa, auriculis subaequalibus, striatis; valva sinistra plano-convexa, costis quinque ad sex vix elevatis latiusculis leviter angulatis radiata, costis tenuiliratis, interstitiisque undique tenuissime decussatim striatis, fulvo-rufa, punctis pallidis promiscue dense aspersa; valva dextra convexiore, costis sex depresso-convexis latioribus, lateribus subrugoso-liratis, alba, ad umbonem rufescente.
THE DANISH PECTEN. Shell nearly orbicular, inequivalve, thin, somewhat compressed, ears nearly equal, striated; left valve flatly convex, rayed with five to six ribs but little raised, rather broad, slightly angled, finely ridged, and, with the interstices, everywhere very finely decussately striated, fulvous red, promiscuously densely sprinkled with pale dots; right valve more convex, with six depressly convex broader ribs, sides somewhat roughly ridged, white, tinged with red at the umbo. CHEMNITZ, Conch. Cab. vol. xi. p. 265. pl. 207. f. 2043. Pecten aspersus, Lamarck (not of Sowerby). Ostrea triradiata, Müller. Ostrea hybrida, Dillwyn. Pecten pseudamusium, Chemnitz (not of Klein). Ostrea septemradiata, Gmelin. Pecten glaber, Montagu. Pecten nebulosus, Brown. Pecten Jamesonii, Smith. Hab. Hebrides, Zetland, Scandinavia. Extremely variable in form and sculpture, but less variable in colour and marking than many other species of this genus.» LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, 1852
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L. A. Reeve, 1853, plate 3.
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