MolluscaBase name details
Leptopecten auroraensis Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †
1641464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641464)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
page(s): 140, pl. 5, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 140, pl. 5, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in North Carolina
type locality contained in North Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptopecten auroraensis Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1641464 on 2025-09-11
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Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
page(s): 140, pl. 5, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Waller, T. R. (2011). Neogene paleontology of the northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18.
page(s): 140 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 140, pl. 5, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Waller, T. R. (2011). Neogene paleontology of the northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18.
page(s): 140 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
