Pecten laticostata Gray, 1835
GRAY, J. E. 1835. Catalogue of shells collected on the east coast of New Zealand, by the Rev. W. Yate. In: Yate W ed. An account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society’s mission in the northern island, 307-310 p. Seeley and Burnside, London. [p. 310]
«29. Pecten laticostata , N. S. — Shell inequivalve, with 16-18 radiating ribs, purplish white; right valve convex, ribs smooth, the larger one depressed with one or two interrupted longitudinal grooves; left valve rather concave, smoothish, purple brown, and purple near the umbo, the ribs distant, narrow. — Inhab. New Zealand.»
JOHN EDWARD GRAY, 1835
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