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Pecten sublaevigatus Nyst, 1845 †
1642038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1642038)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Nyst, P.-H. J. (1845). Description des coquilles et des polypiers fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique. <em>Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers, publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 17: 1-697, 15 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2668665
page(s): 298, pl. 8, figs 4, 4b [details]
page(s): 298, pl. 8, figs 4, 4b [details]
Type locality contained in Belgium
type locality contained in Belgium [details]
Status Marquet & Dijkstra (1999) wrote: "Wood (1851) considered Pecten sublaevigatus Nyst, 1843 to be a synonym of Pseudamussium...
Status Marquet & Dijkstra (1999) wrote: "Wood (1851) considered Pecten sublaevigatus Nyst, 1843 to be a synonym of Pseudamussium princeps. However, Nyst's species is much smaller than P. princeps, has an utterly different adult ornament, and occurs in the Wemmel Member (Late Eocene) at Laeken, near Brussels." No further information on the species' current status and classification could be found. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pecten sublaevigatus Nyst, 1845 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1642038 on 2024-10-16
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Nyst, P.-H. J. (1845). Description des coquilles et des polypiers fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique. <em>Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers, publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 17: 1-697, 15 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2668665
page(s): 298, pl. 8, figs 4, 4b [details]
additional source Marquet, R.; Dijkstra, H. H. (1999). Neogene species of <i>Pseudamussium</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinidae) from Belgium. <em>Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology.</em> 36(1-4): 45-57.
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 298, pl. 8, figs 4, 4b [details]
additional source Marquet, R.; Dijkstra, H. H. (1999). Neogene species of <i>Pseudamussium</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinidae) from Belgium. <em>Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology.</em> 36(1-4): 45-57.
page(s): 48 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Marquet & Dijkstra (1999) wrote: "Wood (1851) considered Pecten sublaevigatus Nyst, 1843 to be a synonym of Pseudamussium princeps. However, Nyst's species is much smaller than P. princeps, has an utterly different adult ornament, and occurs in the Wemmel Member (Late Eocene) at Laeken, near Brussels." No further information on the species' current status and classification could be found. [details]
