WoRMS taxon details
Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
393780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393780)
accepted
Genus
Ostrea muscosa W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Aequipecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) (type by original designation)
Aequipecten (Lindapecten) Petuch, 1995 · unaccepted
- Species Lindapecten exasperatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Species Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Lindapecten lindae Petuch, 1995 accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Petuch, E. J. (1995). Molluscan discoveries from the tropical western Atlantic region. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 27(275): 36-41, 11 figs.
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Etymology Named for the Linda Joyce Petuch, the wife of the author.
Etymology Named for the Linda Joyce Petuch, the wife of the author. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lindapecten Petuch, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393780 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Petuch, E. J. (1995). Molluscan discoveries from the tropical western Atlantic region. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 27(275): 36-41, 11 figs.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 307; note: treated as a subgenus of Aequipecten [details]
status source Waller, T. R. (2011). Neogene paleontology of the northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18.
note: treated as valid genus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 307; note: treated as a subgenus of Aequipecten [details]
status source Waller, T. R. (2011). Neogene paleontology of the northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18.
note: treated as valid genus [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Named for the Linda Joyce Petuch, the wife of the author. [details]
