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Chesapecten nefrens Ward & Blackwelder, 1975 †
1598453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598453)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Ward, L. W.; Blackwelder, B. W. (1975). <i>Chesapecten</i>, a new genus of Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eastern North America. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 861: 1-24, pls. 1-7., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0861/report.pdf
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Type locality contained in Maryland
type locality contained in Maryland [details]
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Ward, L. W.; Blackwelder, B. W. (1975). <i>Chesapecten</i>, a new genus of Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eastern North America. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 861: 1-24, pls. 1-7., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0861/report.pdf
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basis of record Waller, T. R. (2018). Systematics and biostratigraphy of <i>Chesapecten</i> and <i>Carolinapecten</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in the upper Miocene and Pliocene "lower Tamiami Formation" of southwestern Florida. <em>Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History.</em> 56(1): 1-47.
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additional source Smith, J. T. (1991). Cenozoic giant pectinids from California and the Tertiary Caribbean Province: <i>Lyropecten</i>, "<i>Macrochlamys</i>," <i>Vertipecten</i>, and <i>Nodipecten</i> species. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1391: v + 1-155, figs. 1-18, pls. 1-38. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1391/report.pdf
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page(s): 9-10, pl. 2, figs 4-6, pl. 3, figs 4-7, pl. 4, figs 1, 2, pl. 7, figs 6, 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Waller, T. R. (2018). Systematics and biostratigraphy of <i>Chesapecten</i> and <i>Carolinapecten</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in the upper Miocene and Pliocene "lower Tamiami Formation" of southwestern Florida. <em>Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History.</em> 56(1): 1-47.
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Smith, J. T. (1991). Cenozoic giant pectinids from California and the Tertiary Caribbean Province: <i>Lyropecten</i>, "<i>Macrochlamys</i>," <i>Vertipecten</i>, and <i>Nodipecten</i> species. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1391: v + 1-155, figs. 1-18, pls. 1-38. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1391/report.pdf
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
