Pecten sinensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
SOWERBY II, G. B. 1842. Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), 1842-1847, Thesaurus conchyliorum; or, monographs of genera of shells, 1 (2): 45-78, pls. 12-20. London. [p. 48, pl. 16, figs. 120, 121, 134]
«9. P. SINENSIS, (pl. xvi. f. 120, 121, 134.) nobis.
T. rotundatâ, ventricosâ, concentricè striatâ; auriculis concavis, striatis, valvâ sinistrâ valdè concavâ, costis centralibus duodecim, quadratis, complanatis, sulcatis, angustatis; lateralilius parvis; interstitiis latis, concentricè striatis; valvâ dextrâ ventricosâ; costis latis 14, rotundatis, obsoletè radiatim sulcatis, interstitiis angustis, margine alteram valvam superante; colore fulvo-rufescente, fusco-maculato, et angulatim lineato. Long 3.10.; lat. 0.70.; alt. 2.70.; poll.
Differing from P. fuscus in having the upper valve deeply concave, the ribs flatter, the interstices concentrically striated. The prevailing colour is light reddish brown, mottled with darker brown; near the umbones outside the greater part of the inside and two or three ribs white. China». GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY II, 1842
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G. B. Sowerby II, 1842, plate 16.
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