MolluscaBase name details
Pecten acutiplicatus Meek, 1864 †
1640774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1640774)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Pecten acuteplicatus Alth, 1850; Weyla meeki is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Meek, F. B. (1864). Paleontology of California. Volume I. Description of the Jurassic fossils. <em>Geological Survey of California. Paleontology.</em> Vol. I, Section III: 37-53, pls. 7, 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42378776
page(s): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [details]
Status According to ICZN Art. 58.12, governing the deemed homonymy of names with different connecting vowels, Pecten acutiplicatus...
Status According to ICZN Art. 58.12, governing the deemed homonymy of names with different connecting vowels, Pecten acutiplicatus Meek, 1864 is deemed to be a junior homonym of Pecten acuteplicatus Alth, 1850. [details]
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Meek, F. B. (1864). Paleontology of California. Volume I. Description of the Jurassic fossils. <em>Geological Survey of California. Paleontology.</em> Vol. I, Section III: 37-53, pls. 7, 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42378776
page(s): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status According to ICZN Art. 58.12, governing the deemed homonymy of names with different connecting vowels, Pecten acutiplicatus Meek, 1864 is deemed to be a junior homonym of Pecten acuteplicatus Alth, 1850. [details]
