Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791, [Basis of the current name] Range: 51.7°N to 35.3°N; 75°W to 56°W Depth: 0 to 300 m (live 30 to 91 m) Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Georges Bank, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina References: Procter (1933) LlE; Long Island Shell Club (1988) d; Waller (1991) DNS Combining Genera: Pecten
Pecten aratus A. E. Verrill, 1884, [Not available] Comments: Name introduced in synonym of P. clintonius.
Pecten brunneusStimpson, 1851c, p. [58], Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated [Stonington, Connecticut, from codfish stomach] Comments: Replacement name for Pecten fuscus; available by Stimpson's reference to Gould (1848) on p. 8.
Pecten clintonius auct. non Say, 1824, [Not available] References: Procter (1933) s Comments: Misidentification by A. E. Verrill (1884).
Pecten fuscusGould, 1848a, p. 235, text-fig. 6 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated [Stonington, Connecticut, from codfish stomach (Linsley 1845)] Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm Distribution: USA: Connecticut References: Gould (1848a) M Comments: Nude name in Linsley (1845: 278).
Ostrea grandisLightfoot, 1786, p. 50, 99, not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Halifax [Nova Scotia, Canada] Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia References: Dall (1921) s Comments: Nude name.
Pecten tenuicostatus Mighels & Adams, 1842, [Synonym] Range: 43.7°N ; 70.2°W Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm Distribution: Canada: Labrador; USA: Maine References: Mighels & Adams (1842) NSEWM; Mighels (1843) s; Matthew (1874)
Amusium testudinariumRöding, 1798, p. 166, Not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Not stated Comments: Nude name.
Partial List of References
Gould, A. A. 1848. Description of shells found in Connecticut, collected and named by the late Rev. J. H. Linsley American Journal of Science and Arts (2)6 233-236. [Stated date: -- Sep 1848.] Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.] Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England 59 pp., 2 pls. Phillips, Sampson, and Company: Boston. [Stated date: 25 Nov 1851; true date: pre Dec 16.] [Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum viii + 3-194, frontispiece.
