Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
PETUCH, E. J. 1995. Molluscan discoveries from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region. La Conchiglia, 27 (275): 36-41, figs. 1-11. [p. 40]
«Family PECTINIDAE
Subfamily Chlamydinoe Genus Lindapecten Petuch, n. gen. Diagnosis
Shell equivalve, inflated, with both valves equaly inflated; auricles equal to width of the widest part of the shell; hinge line straight or slightly depressed at umbones; short auricle generally squared-off or truncated; large auricle projecting, partially detached from shell; ribs ornamented with 3 rows of prominent, erect, large scalelike spines; central row of spines often larger than side rows; auricles heavily ornamented with rows of large, often comblike, spines; rib spines and auricle spines closely-packed, giving shells extremely rough-textured, prickly appearance; shells often brightly colored, usually in shades of red, reddish-brown, orange, or pink; pure yellow morphs sometimes occur; color of both valves generally equally intense. Type species
Pecten muscosus Wood, 1828 ("Aequipecten" muscosus of Authors). Species in Lindapecten
Lindapecten muscosus (Wood, 1828), North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida and Southword to Brazil; Lindapecten acanthodes (Dall, 1925), Southern Florida to Northern South America; Lindapecten lindae Petuch n. sp., Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Etymology
A combination of "Linda", for my wife, Linda Joyce Petuch, and "pecten". Discussion
The genus Lindapecten has been erected to accomodate a small group of round, spiny scallops that have usually been placed in the genus Aequipecten Fischer, 1886 (i,e, Abbott, 1974, p. 445). The new genus is sculpturally quite different from the smooth-ribbed shells of typical Aequipecten species, ond oppears to be more closely related to the rough-textured, scoly species in the genus Chlamys Röding, 1798, Lindapecten differs from Chlamys, however, in having much more inflated shells, in having more rounded outlines, and in having three rows of spines on each rib. Presently, the genus is known only from the Tropical Western Atlantic, from North Carolina to Brazil.» |
Aequipecten muscosus (Wood); N. E. Weisbord, 1964, Late Cenozoic Pelecypods from Northern Venezuela, plate 15, figures 1, 2.
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