MolluscaBase - Pecten keppelianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905

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Pecten keppelianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905

AphiaID

224539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224539)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Original name

Pecten keppelianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905

Environment

marine

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 279 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range below littoral

Depth range below littoral [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pecten keppelianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224539 on 2026-03-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 08:22:30Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2006-04-06 06:36:28Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2009-04-27 13:50:52Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2012-06-23 17:15:19Z

changed

Gille, Didier

2012-07-06 15:21:47Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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original description Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 279 [details]

basis of record Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Raines B.K. & Poppe G.T. (2006) The family Pectinidae. In: A Conchological Iconography (Poppe & Groh, eds). Hackenheim, ConchBooks. 402 pp.
page(s): 150 [details]

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 242-243 [details]