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Etheripecten leniusculus
Taxonomy
Pecten leniusculus was named by Dana (1847). Its type specimen is USNM 3644 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Illawarra District (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Etheripecten leniusculus by Waterhouse (1982), Waterhouse (1983) and Waterhouse (1988).
It was recombined as Etheripecten leniusculus by Waterhouse (1982), Waterhouse (1983) and Waterhouse (1988).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Pecten leniusculus Dana p. 160 |
| 1849 | Pecten leniusculus Dana p. 704 figs. Pl 9, fig 6 |
| 1849 | Pecten mitis Dana p. 705 figs. Pl 9, fig 8 |
| 1982 | Etheripecten leniusculus Waterhouse p. 20 figs. Pl 5a-f, 6a,b,e, 9e |
| 1983 | Etheripecten leniusculus Waterhouse p. 249 figs. Pl 4, fig 9 |
| 1988 | Etheripecten leniusculus Waterhouse p. 173 figs. Pl 2, fig 6; pl 3, figs 1, 2 |
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†Etheripecten leniusculus Dana 1847
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Invalid names: Pecten mitis Dana 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available