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Pecten heermanni Conrad, 1855 †
1641681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641681)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1855). Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, &c. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(7): 265–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299488
page(s): 267 [details]
page(s): 267 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [details]
Status Considered as a nomen nudum and listed in synonymy of Lyropecten estrellanus (Conrad, 1856) by Smith (1991, as "Pallium...
Status Considered as a nomen nudum and listed in synonymy of Lyropecten estrellanus (Conrad, 1856) by Smith (1991, as "Pallium heermanni"). However, Conrad (1855) provided a short description and made the name available, which makes heermanni the older available name and estrellanus its junior synonym. [details]
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Conrad, T. A. (1855). Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, &c. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(7): 265–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299488
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Moore, E. J. (1984). Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1228-B: 1-112, pls. 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1228B
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy 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
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Moore, E. J. (1984). Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1228-B: 1-112, pls. 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1228B
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy 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
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Considered as a nomen nudum and listed in synonymy of Lyropecten estrellanus (Conrad, 1856) by Smith (1991, as "Pallium heermanni"). However, Conrad (1855) provided a short description and made the name available, which makes heermanni the older available name and estrellanus its junior synonym. [details]
