Pecten vitreus King & Broderip, 1832
KING, P. P. & W. J. BRODERIP. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens…. The Zoological Journal, 5: 332-349 [Dated 1831]. [p. 337]
«17. PECTEN VITREUS
P. testa subaequivalvi, translucente, longitudinaliter multi-sulcata; sulcis convexis flavidulis, valva inferiore pallidiori; long, 1 9/16; lat. 1 4/8; poll.
OBS. Auribus inaequalibus. Habitat in freto Magellanico (passim.) Mus. nost. This shell is found attached to the leaves of the Fucus giganteus, and, with other Mollusca, is the food of the Steamer or Race-horse Duck (Micropterus brachyptera and M. Patagonica.)» PHILIP PARKER KING & WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP, 1832
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