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Pecten (Chlamys) thomasi Mansfield, 1926 †
1598979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598979)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Pecten thomasi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897; Pecten waluensis Hertlein, 1933 is a replacement name)
Species
Pecten (Chlamys) Röding, 1798 accepted as Chlamys Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Mansfield, W. C. (1926). Fossils from quarries near Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, and from Vavao, Tonga Islands, with annotated bibliography of the geology of the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 23: 85-104, pls. 1-7., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822023943962&view=1up&seq=97
page(s): 90, pl. 5, fig. 1a, b [details]
page(s): 90, pl. 5, fig. 1a, b [details]
Type locality contained in Fiji
, Note Walu Bay
type locality contained in Fiji [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Walu Bay [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, Abram Owen Thomas (1876-1931).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, Abram Owen Thomas (1876-1931). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten (Chlamys) thomasi Mansfield, 1926 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598979 on 2025-09-12
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Mansfield, W. C. (1926). Fossils from quarries near Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, and from Vavao, Tonga Islands, with annotated bibliography of the geology of the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 23: 85-104, pls. 1-7., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822023943962&view=1up&seq=97
page(s): 90, pl. 5, fig. 1a, b [details]
page(s): 90, pl. 5, fig. 1a, b [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
