Pecten (Chlamys) suteri Hertlein, 1933
HERTLEIN, L. G. 1933. Three preoccupied names in the Pectinidae. The Nautilus, 47: 62-64. [p. 63]
«2. PECTEN (CHLAMYS) SUTERI, new name for P. radiatus Hutton, not Gmelin or Bosc.
Hutton (Catalogue New Zealand Marine Moll., 1873, p. 82, Stewart's Island, 13 fathoms) used the name Pecten radiatus for a New Zealand species. According to Bavay (Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat, Vol. 15, 1909, p. 278) Ostrea radiata Gmelin (in Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. 13, Vol. 1, 1790, p. 3320) is a pecten and can be referred to Pecten opercularis Linnaeus. There is also a prior Pecten radiatus Bosc (Hist. Nat. Coq., s. a. Deterville, Ed. Buffon, Moll, Vol. 2, 1801, p. 264. "On ignore son pays natal." A reference is given to Gaultieri, Test. tab. 74, fig. G.). The name Pecten (Chalmys) suteri is therefore proposed for the New Zealand species to which Hutton applied the name radiatus. Iredale (Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. 47, 1915, p. 486) mentioned that the name is preoccupied but chose to retain the name radiatus by considering Chlamys as a genus. The combination Pecten radiatus having been used, it seems best to follow the International rules of Nomenclature in this case and consider Hutton's later usage as untenable. (See International Rules of Nomenclature, Article 36, in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. 39, 1926, p. 87.) Even if Chlamys were considered as having the status of a genus, Hutton's specific name would be preoccupied, because the species described by Gmelin and Bosc, both fall under the classification of Chlamys.» LEO GEORGE HERTLEIN, 1933
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Pecten radiatus, Hutton; H. Suter, 1913, Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, plate 56, figure 9.
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