Notovola preissiana Iredale 1949
IREDALE, T. 1949. Western Australian molluscs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1947-48: 18-20. [p. 19]
«Notovola preissiana sp. nov.
Over one hundred years ago, Menke described under the name Pecten bifidus, a Western Australian scallop. The next year this was figured by Philippi (Abbild. Beschr., i (Pecten, tab. ii, fig. 6), p. 202, Dec. 1844) from a specimen collected by Preiss, but unfortunately the specimen did not show clearly the characteristic radials, and hence was neglected, especially as he recorded that the specific name was invalid. The name was sunk in the synonymy of the unidentifiable medius of Lamarck, and has remained so ever since. Be it noted the Western Australian shell was apparently available to Lamarck, who ranked it as a variety of ziczac as recorded by Deshayes (Hist. Anim. sans Vert. (Lamarck), 2nd ed., vii, p. 131, note 1836). The Western Australian shell is immediately recognizable by the bifid ribs of the convex valve, and as it is nameless, is named as above.»
TOM IREDALE, 1949
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Pecten bifidus Menke; R. A. Philippi, 1846-1847, Abbildungen und Beschereibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien, plate 2 figure 6.
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