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Status Considered a potential senior synonym of Radulopecten inequicostatus (Young & Bird, 1822) by Johnson (1984). The author concludes: "Should it turn out that Schlotheim's type material is in fact representative of the species described in Section 3 an application to the ICZN for suppression of 'Pe.' articulatus might be considered in the interests of stable nomenclature." [details]