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Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) †
1544443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544443)
accepted
Species
Chlamys egregius Itoigawa, 1955 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patinopecten (Kotorapecten) egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Chlamys egregius Itoigawa, 1955 †) Itoigawa J. (1955). Molluscan Fauna of the Mizunami Group in the Iwamura Basin. <em>Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto. Series B.</em> 22(2): 127-143.
page(s): 138, pl. 5, fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 138, pl. 5, fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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Note Japan, central Honshu Island, Gifu Prefecture,...
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Type locality Japan, central Honshu Island, Gifu Prefecture, Ena District, Iwamura Town, the right bank of a small brook near Kamigiri [details]
Fossil range Lower Miocene
Status Sato (1991) listed Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) as valid species on p. 103, but as a synonym of the younger (!)...
Fossil range Lower Miocene [details]
Status Sato (1991) listed Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) as valid species on p. 103, but as a synonym of the younger (!)...
Status Sato (1991) listed Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) as valid species on p. 103, but as a synonym of the younger (!) name Kotorapecten moniwaensis (Masuda, 1958) on pp. 106, 109, perhaps because he incorrectly considered Yokoyama (1929) to be the author of that species. Revision required! [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544443 on 2025-09-11
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(of Chlamys egregius Itoigawa, 1955 †) Itoigawa J. (1955). Molluscan Fauna of the Mizunami Group in the Iwamura Basin. <em>Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto. Series B.</em> 22(2): 127-143.
page(s): 138, pl. 5, fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kafanov A.I. (1986). Systematic and geological history of the subfamily Fortipectininae Masuda, 1963 (Bivalvia, Pectinidae) [= Систематика и геологическая история подсемейства Fortipectininae Masuda, 1963 (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)]. <em>Paleogene-Neogene bivalves of the Far East and Eastern Paratethys: A collection of scientific papers [= Палеоген-неогеновые двустворчатые моллюски Дальнего Востока и Восточного Паратетиса: Сборник научных трудов].</em> Vladivostok: DVNC AN SSSR, pp. 18-45.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sato, Y. (1991). Paleontological study of molluscan assemblages of the Miocene Moniwa Formation, Northeast Japan and description of their Pectinidae. <em>Report, Geological Survey of Japan.</em> 272: 1-249, pls. 1-34. [details]
page(s): 138, pl. 5, fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kafanov A.I. (1986). Systematic and geological history of the subfamily Fortipectininae Masuda, 1963 (Bivalvia, Pectinidae) [= Систематика и геологическая история подсемейства Fortipectininae Masuda, 1963 (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)]. <em>Paleogene-Neogene bivalves of the Far East and Eastern Paratethys: A collection of scientific papers [= Палеоген-неогеновые двустворчатые моллюски Дальнего Востока и Восточного Паратетиса: Сборник научных трудов].</em> Vladivostok: DVNC AN SSSR, pp. 18-45.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sato, Y. (1991). Paleontological study of molluscan assemblages of the Miocene Moniwa Formation, Northeast Japan and description of their Pectinidae. <em>Report, Geological Survey of Japan.</em> 272: 1-249, pls. 1-34. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Fossil range Lower Miocene [details]Status Sato (1991) listed Kotorapecten egregius (Itoigawa, 1955) as valid species on p. 103, but as a synonym of the younger (!) name Kotorapecten moniwaensis (Masuda, 1958) on pp. 106, 109, perhaps because he incorrectly considered Yokoyama (1929) to be the author of that species. Revision required! [details]
Type locality Japan, central Honshu Island, Gifu Prefecture, Ena District, Iwamura Town, the right bank of a small brook near Kamigiri [details]
