MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Pecten altiplectus Conrad, 1856) Conrad, T. A. (1857). Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species middle Tertiary fossils from California and one from Texas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 312-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935368
page(s): 313 [details]
basis of record
Conrad, T. A. (1857). Report on the paleontology of the Survey. In: Reports of explorations and surveys railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Senate Executive Document, 78 and House of Representatives Executive Document, 91, vol.7: 189-196, pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58483603
page(s): 191, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
source of synonymy
Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]