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Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 †
1640773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1640773)
accepted
Species
Pecten (Pecten) cristatocostatus Sacco, 1897 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Smith, J. (1847). On the age of the Tertiary beds of the Tagus, with a catalogue of the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 3: 410-422, pls. 15-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933175
page(s): 419-420, pl. 17, fig. 18 [details]
page(s): 419-420, pl. 17, fig. 18 [details]
Type locality contained in Portugal
type locality contained in Portugal [details]
Status Depéret & Roman (1902) and da Veiga Ferreira (1951) stated that Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 is a junior...
Status Depéret & Roman (1902) and da Veiga Ferreira (1951) stated that Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 is a junior homonym of Pecten acuticostatus Zieten, 1830 [actually 1833]. However, Zieten did not introduce a new name but referred to Lamarck (1819), who had actually named the species acuticosta. Hence, there is no homonymy, Sowerby's name must be re-instated and Sacco's name is to be treated as synonym. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1640773 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Smith, J. (1847). On the age of the Tertiary beds of the Tagus, with a catalogue of the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 3: 410-422, pls. 15-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933175
page(s): 419-420, pl. 17, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Pecten) cristatocostatus Sacco, 1897 †) Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIV. (Pectinidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 116 pp., 21 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47313
page(s): 64, pl. 21, figs 1-7 [details]
additional source Teppner, W. von. (1922). Lamellibranchia Tertiaria, Anisomyaria II. <em>In C. Diener, ed., Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, Pars (15). W. Junk. Berlin.</em> p. 67–296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50675959
page(s): 259 [details]
additional source Veiga Ferreira, O. da. (1951). Os Pectinídeos do Miocénico do Algarve. <em>Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal.</em> 32(1): 153-176, pls. 1-11. [details]
page(s): 419-420, pl. 17, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Pecten) cristatocostatus Sacco, 1897 †) Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIV. (Pectinidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 116 pp., 21 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47313
page(s): 64, pl. 21, figs 1-7 [details]
additional source Teppner, W. von. (1922). Lamellibranchia Tertiaria, Anisomyaria II. <em>In C. Diener, ed., Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, Pars (15). W. Junk. Berlin.</em> p. 67–296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50675959
page(s): 259 [details]
additional source Veiga Ferreira, O. da. (1951). Os Pectinídeos do Miocénico do Algarve. <em>Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal.</em> 32(1): 153-176, pls. 1-11. [details]
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Status Depéret & Roman (1902) and da Veiga Ferreira (1951) stated that Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 is a junior homonym of Pecten acuticostatus Zieten, 1830 [actually 1833]. However, Zieten did not introduce a new name but referred to Lamarck (1819), who had actually named the species acuticosta. Hence, there is no homonymy, Sowerby's name must be re-instated and Sacco's name is to be treated as synonym. [details]
