MolluscaBase taxon details
Lyropecten pretiosus (Hertlein, 1925) †
1638879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1638879)
accepted
Species
Lyropecten submiguelensis (Loel & Corey, 1932) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis Loel & Corey, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten (Lyropecten) pretiosus Hertlein, 1925 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pecten (Lyropecten) pretiosus Hertlein, 1925 †) Hertlein L.G. (1925). Pectens from the Tertiary of Lower California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (4) 14(1): 1-35, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3159776
page(s): 12-13, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 12-13, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Baja California Sur
type locality contained in Baja California Sur [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyropecten pretiosus (Hertlein, 1925) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1638879 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Pecten (Lyropecten) pretiosus Hertlein, 1925 †) Hertlein L.G. (1925). Pectens from the Tertiary of Lower California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (4) 14(1): 1-35, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3159776
page(s): 12-13, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis Loel & Corey, 1932 †) Loel, W.; Corey, W. H. (1932). The Vaqueros formation, lower Miocene of California I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 22(3): 31-410, pls. 4-65.
page(s): 200-201, pl. 29, fig. 1, pl. 30, fig. 1, pl. 31, fig. 1a-c [details]
basis of record Smith, J. T. (1991). Cenozoic giant pectinids from California and the Tertiary Caribbean Province: <i>Lyropecten</i>, "<i>Macrochlamys</i>," <i>Vertipecten</i>, and <i>Nodipecten</i> species. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1391: v + 1-155, figs. 1-18, pls. 1-38. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1391/report.pdf
page(s): 64-65, pl. 26, figs 1-9, 12-14, pl. 37, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Huang, D.; Goldberg, E. E.; Roy, K. (2015). Fossils, phylogenies, and the challenge of preserving evolutionary history in the face of anthropogenic extinctions. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 112(16): 4909-4914., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1409886112 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 12-13, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis Loel & Corey, 1932 †) Loel, W.; Corey, W. H. (1932). The Vaqueros formation, lower Miocene of California I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 22(3): 31-410, pls. 4-65.
page(s): 200-201, pl. 29, fig. 1, pl. 30, fig. 1, pl. 31, fig. 1a-c [details]
basis of record Smith, J. T. (1991). Cenozoic giant pectinids from California and the Tertiary Caribbean Province: <i>Lyropecten</i>, "<i>Macrochlamys</i>," <i>Vertipecten</i>, and <i>Nodipecten</i> species. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1391: v + 1-155, figs. 1-18, pls. 1-38. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1391/report.pdf
page(s): 64-65, pl. 26, figs 1-9, 12-14, pl. 37, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huang, D.; Goldberg, E. E.; Roy, K. (2015). Fossils, phylogenies, and the challenge of preserving evolutionary history in the face of anthropogenic extinctions. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 112(16): 4909-4914., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1409886112 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
