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Spathochlamys vestalis

Taxonomy
Pecten vestalis was named by Reeve (1853) [DISTRIBUTION: California-Ecuador (Recent); California (Miocene).]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1992115, a shell.

It was recombined as Chlamys vestalis by Reeve (1853); it was recombined as Spathochlamys vestalis by Waller (1993), Coan et al. (2000), Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Chlamys vestalis Reeve
1993Spathochlamys vestalis Waller p. 234
2000Spathochlamys vestalis Coan et al.
2020Spathochlamys vestalis Hendy
2021Spathochlamys vestalis Hendy

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Diagnosis
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