Pecten excavatus Anton, 1838
ANTON, H. E. 1839. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. xvi + 110 pp. Anton, Halle, 1838. [p. 19, nº 710]
1838 Pecten excavatus Anton, 1838
1842 Pecten sinensis Sowerby II, 1842
1877 Pecten puncticulatus Dunker, 1877
1842 Pecten sinensis Sowerby II, 1842
1877 Pecten puncticulatus Dunker, 1877
Vola puncticulata Dkr.; W. Dunker, 1882, Index Molluscorum Maris Japonici, plate 11, figures 10, 11.
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«710. 1. excavatus mihi, stark, ungleichschalig, obre linke Schale kleiner, tief concav, untie rechte sehr bauchig; Wirbelgegend gross, weit umgebogen; Ohren gleich, ungezähnelt, ohne Bucht; obre Schale 15 Rippen, die 11 mittleren zweikantig, oben (lach, quergestreift, Zwischenfurchen fein quer lamellirt; untre Schale 18 breite Rippen, diese rundlich, wie die Zwischenfurchen stark längs gestreift, fein quer lamellirt; untre Schale braunroth, weiss gefleckt, Zwischenfurchen gelblich , weiss gedeckt; obre Schale dunkler, gelb, schwarzbraun und weissgefleckt; Zwischenfurchen rothbraun, weiss gedeckt; innen weiss; Rand, so weit er über der untern Schale hervorsteht, bräunlich. L. 2" 3''' Br. 2" 3'''. Vaterland China.»
HERMANN EDUARD ANTON, 1838
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«Distribution and ecology.— From throughout the western and southwestern Pacific to northern Australia; living on muddy sand or sandy bottoms in shallow waters. This species is a new record for Indonesia.
Remarks.— The present material is similar to P. excavatus Anton, as it has been described and figured by Philippi (1845: 201, pl. 2 fig. 2), although the shells are less concave, and the radiation somewhat weaker. However, these differences are considered within the range of normal variation. Fleming (1957: 16) placed P. excavatus in the 'benedictus-group'. The morphological features of P. excavatus correspond very well with those of Oppenheimopecten, which is treated as a subgenus of Pecten by Hertlein (1969: N369). Nomenclature, taxonomy and zoogeography of related species from the Indo-Pacific region are still under study.» DIJKSTRA, H. H. 1991. A contribution to the knowledge of the pectinacean Mollusca (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from the Indonesian Archipelago. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 271: 1-57. [p. 49]
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Pecten excavatus Anton; R. A. Philippi, 1842-1845, Abbildungen und Beschereibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien, plate 2, figure 1.
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