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Janira affinis Tuomey & F. S. Holmes, 1855 †
1641414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641414)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Pecten affinis Risso, 1826; Pecten (Euvola) holmesii is a replacement name)
Species
Janira Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tuomey, M. & Holmes, F. S. (1855-1857). Pleiocene fossils of South Carolina: containing descriptions and figures of the Polyparia, Echinodermata and Mollusca. Russell & Jones, Charleston, pp. i-xvi (1857); pp. 1-30, pls. 1-8 (1855); pp. 31-144, pls. 25-28 (1856); pp. 145-152, pls. 29-30 (1857)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40151335
page(s): 26, pl. 8, figs 5, 6 [details]
page(s): 26, pl. 8, figs 5, 6 [details]
Type locality contained in South Carolina
type locality contained in South Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janira affinis Tuomey & F. S. Holmes, 1855 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1641414 on 2025-09-11
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Tuomey, M. & Holmes, F. S. (1855-1857). Pleiocene fossils of South Carolina: containing descriptions and figures of the Polyparia, Echinodermata and Mollusca. Russell & Jones, Charleston, pp. i-xvi (1857); pp. 1-30, pls. 1-8 (1855); pp. 31-144, pls. 25-28 (1856); pp. 145-152, pls. 29-30 (1857)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40151335
page(s): 26, pl. 8, figs 5, 6 [details]
page(s): 26, pl. 8, figs 5, 6 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
