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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Semipallium natans (Philippi, 1845)


Range: 52°S to 55.5°S; 68°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 54.5  mm

Synonymy

Pecten vitreus King & Broderip, 1832
Pseudamussium corneum (Sowerby II, 1842) 
Pecten corneus Sowerby II, 1842
Pecten natans Philippi, 1845
Pecten jeffreysi Gregorio, 1884

Details


Pecten natans Philippi, 1845a, p. 57
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum, Messier-Canal, Smith-Canal
Range: 52°S to 54°S
Maximum Reported Size: 54.5 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Philippi (1845a) M; Pelseneer (1903); Bernard (1983)

Pecten corneus Sowerby II, 1842, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non J. Sowerby, 1818.
Combining Genera:  Pseudamussium

Pecten jeffreysi Gregorio, 1884, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Replacement name for P. corneus Sowerby II, 1842, non J. Sowerby, 1818.

Pseudamussium nasans sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Error for natans.

Pecten vitreus King & Broderip, 1832, p. 337, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'in streto Magellanico (passim.)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: King & Broderip (1832) M; Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non Ostrea vitrea Gmelin, 1791.


Partial List of References

King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.
Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 50-71.

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