Pecten tasmanicus Adams & Angas, 1864
ADAMS, A. & G. F. ANGAS. 1864. Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1863), 3: 418-428. [p. 428, pl. 37, figs. 21a, 21b]
13. PECTEN TASMANICUS, Ad. & Ang. (PI. XXXVII. fig. 21.)
P. testa trigonali-orbiculari, subaequivalva; valva dextra convexiore, auribus aqualibus; valva sinistra roseo-violascente tincta, costis 8 radiantibus validis plus minusve longitudinaliter sulcatis et costellis parvioribus intermediis inaequalibus instructa, superficie tota minute granulata; valva dextra pallida, radiatim costata, costis in 7-8 fasciculis dispositis, interstitiis costis minoribus instructis. Alt. 2 inches 2 lines, lat. 2 inches 1 line. Hab. Oyster Bay, Tasmania {Coll. Angas.). A fine species, with the ribs of the right valve disposed in seven or eight bundles, and with the entire surface of the shell shagreened as in P. bifrons. ARTHUR ADAMS & GEORGE FRENCH ANGAS, 1864
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