Pecten leopardus Reeve, 1853
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. 145, pl. 32, fig. 145]
Species 145. (Mus. Cuming.)
«PECTEN LEOPARDUS. Pect. testa ovata, flabelliformi, medio subconvexa, ad umbones et versus marginem compressa, aquilaterali, vix aequivalvi, valvis concentrice dense scabroso-striatis, costis sexdecim rotiundatis radiatis, costis valvae sinistra subangustis distantibus, dextrae latioribus minus distantibus; alba, costis valvae sinistrae fulvo-ferrugineo tinctis et maculatis; auriculis grandibus, aequalibus.
THE LEOPARD PECTEN. Shell ovate, fan-shaped, slightly convex in the middle, compressed at the umboes and towards the margin, equilateral, scarcely equivalve, valves concentrically densely scabrous-striated, rayed with sixteen rounded ribs, ribs of the left valve rather narrow and distant, of the right valve broader and less distant ; white, ribs of the left valve stained and spotted with fulvous rust ; ears large, equal. Hab. Moreton Bay, Australia. A very delicate densely striated species, of the same peculiar type as P. solaris.» LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, 1853
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L. A. Reeve, 1852-1853, plate 32.
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