Pecten jacobaeus byronensis Fleming, 1955
FLEMING, C. A. 1955. A new subspecies of scallop from Byron Bay, New South Wales. Australian Zoologist, 12: 108-109, fig. 1. [p. 108, fig. 1]
«Pecten jacobaeus byronensis subsp. nov. Fig. 1.
Right valve similar in all essential characters to P. j. jacobaeus, differing in its smaller size, weak pigmentation, slightly higher shell and narrower angle between dorsal valve-margins. Ribs 19 (including lesser ones on the flanks), square-cut, high, separated by flat-bottomed interspaces a little more than half their width, each bearing 2 to 4 spaced secondary threads, beginning about 15 mm. from beaks. Concentric sculpture of prominent lamellae, conspicuous in intercostal spaces but also extending across the secondary interspaces and threads of the main ribs. Ears relatively large, bearing fine radiating threadlets, crossed by incremental lamellae. Left valve not seen.
Length 35 mm.; height 33 mm. (holotype). Locality:— Byron Bay, New South Wales. Holotype and two paratypes in the Australian Museum, Sydney (C. 5243), collected and presented by C. Hedley.» CHARLES ALEXANDER FLEMING, 1955
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C. A. Fleming, 1955, figure 1.
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