Paraleptopecten rutamensis (Jung, 1969)
JUNG, P. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 55 (247): 293-697, pls. 13-60. [p. 347, pl. 20, figs. 5, 6]
1969 Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis Jung, 1969
P. Jung, 1969, plate 20.
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«Shell small. Valves flat to little inflated. Sculpture consists of 16 to 17 highly elevated, flat-topped or rounded ribs. Interspaces with secondary riblets on ventral half which appear somewhat earlier anteriorly. Unwashed specimens show fine, somewhat imbricated concentrics which are more conspicuous in the interspaces. Auricles unequal, sculptured by a few radials. Right anterior ear produced, with a deep notch. Inner margin below it with three to four denticles. Crura inconspicuous.
Holotype. — Natural History Museum Basel, No. G 12961. Dimensions of holotype (right valve). — Length 14.7 mm, height 14.5 mm. Type locality. — Matura, Trinidad. This species is represented by more than 30 specimens. No comparable form has been found. Occurrence. — JS 67, RR 230, PJ 302, USGS 18204, USGS 19860.» PETER JUNG, 1969
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«Paraleptopecten rutamensis (Jung, 1969). Type locality: Matura, Trinidad, Matura Sand and Clay Member of the Talparo Formation. Geographic range: known only from the type locality. Age: Pleistocene, based on age of the Matura Sand and Clay Member (Jung, 1989: 12).»
WALLER, T. R. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18. [p. 140]
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