Pecten fuscus [Klein] 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. 47, pl. 16, figs. 118, 119]
«8. P. FUSCUS. (pl. xvi. f. 118, 119.) Klein.
T. rotundatâ, ventricosâ, laevi; valvâ sinistrâ ad umbonem concavâ, ad latera paululùm elevatâ; valvâ dextrâ ad umbonera valdè convexâ, ad marginem valvam alteram superante; auriculis latis, rectangulatis, striatis, concavis; costis 14, in valvâ sinistrâ sub-quadratis, angustis, in valvâ dextrâ latioribus, rotundatis, interstitiis planis; colore fusco-nigrescente vel rubescente, intùs fulvo-nebuloso. Long. 3.50.; lat. 1.; alt. 3.20.; poll.
Rounded, ventricose, smooth, with the left valve concave at the apex, rather elevated at the sides, the right valve very convex at the apex, overlapping the other valve at the margin; the auricles are wide, rectangular, striated, concave the ribs are 14 in number, in the upper valve they are narrow and nearly square, in the lower they are wider and rounded, with smooth interstices. The colour is blackish or reddish brown; the inside clouded with light brown.» GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY II, 1842
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G. B. Sowerby II, 1842, plate 16.
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