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Pecten (Neithea) ornithopus Keeping, 1883 †
1641612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641612)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonymy implied)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Keeping, W. (1883). The Fossils and Palaeontological Affinities of the Neocomian Deposits of Upware and Brickhill (Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, xi + 167 pp. + 8 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20372221
page(s): 107-108, pl. 4, fig. 5a, b [details]
page(s): 107-108, pl. 4, fig. 5a, b [details]
Status Dhondt (1973) listed the material of Keeping (1983) under Neithea (Neithella) notabilis (Münster, 1833), rendering it a...
Status Dhondt (1973) listed the material of Keeping (1983) under Neithea (Neithella) notabilis (Münster, 1833), rendering it a junior synonym. She did not discuss the status or list the name in the synonymy list. Woods (1903) had listed it before as a synonym of N. atava (F. A. Roemer, 1839). [details]
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Keeping, W. (1883). The Fossils and Palaeontological Affinities of the Neocomian Deposits of Upware and Brickhill (Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, xi + 167 pp. + 8 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20372221
page(s): 107-108, pl. 4, fig. 5a, b [details]
source of synonymy Woods, H. (1899-1903). A monograph of the Cretaceous Lamellibranchia of England. Vol. I. Paleontological Society Monograph. The Paleontographical Society, London, pp. 1-232, pls. 1-42 [pp. 1-72, pl. 1-14 (Dec. 1899); pp. 73-112, pl. 15-19 (Dec. 1900); pp. 113-144, pl. 20-26 (Dec. 1901); pp. 145-196, pl. 27-38 (Dec. 1902); pp. 197-232, pl. 39-42 (Dec. 1903)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12426246
page(s): 197, 199 [details]
source of synonymy Dhondt, A. V. (1973). Systematic revision of the subfamily Neitheinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Mémoires.</em> 176: 1-101.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 107-108, pl. 4, fig. 5a, b [details]
source of synonymy Woods, H. (1899-1903). A monograph of the Cretaceous Lamellibranchia of England. Vol. I. Paleontological Society Monograph. The Paleontographical Society, London, pp. 1-232, pls. 1-42 [pp. 1-72, pl. 1-14 (Dec. 1899); pp. 73-112, pl. 15-19 (Dec. 1900); pp. 113-144, pl. 20-26 (Dec. 1901); pp. 145-196, pl. 27-38 (Dec. 1902); pp. 197-232, pl. 39-42 (Dec. 1903)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12426246
page(s): 197, 199 [details]
source of synonymy Dhondt, A. V. (1973). Systematic revision of the subfamily Neitheinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Mémoires.</em> 176: 1-101.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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Status Dhondt (1973) listed the material of Keeping (1983) under Neithea (Neithella) notabilis (Münster, 1833), rendering it a junior synonym. She did not discuss the status or list the name in the synonymy list. Woods (1903) had listed it before as a synonym of N. atava (F. A. Roemer, 1839). [details]
