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Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842 
AphiaID: 214919

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pectininae (Subfamily) > Pectinini (Tribe) > Pecten (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776
Synonymised
taxa
  Pecten capensis Sowerby, 1892
Pecten capensis [Gray] Sowerby III, 1892 (synonym)
Pecten maximus sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
Sources  basis of record: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details]

basis of record: Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. Universal Book Services/Backhuys. [details]

additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 171 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English scallop  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Variety Pecten sulcicostatus var. casa van Bruggen, 1961 accepted as Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852
Environment marine
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes  Depth range: below littoral [details]

Length: >100 mm [details]
Images 
Pecten sulcicostatus
Pecten sulcicostatus
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Pecten sulcicostatus
Pecten sulcicostatus
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214919
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-04-27 13:50:52Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2012-06-23 17:15:19Z  changed  Gille, Didier
2012-07-05 23:43:01Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Dijkstra, H. (2013). Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214919 on 2013-05-23
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