MolluscaBase name details
Pecten gentoni Fontannes, 1880 †
1641872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641872)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fontannes, F. (1880). Études stratigraphiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la période tertiaire dans le bassin du Rhône. 6. Le Bassin de Crest. H. George, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris, 214 pp.
page(s): 13 (footnote) [details]
page(s): 13 (footnote) [details]
Type locality contained in France
type locality contained in France [details]
Status Introduced by Fontannes (1880) for a species previously misidentified by him as Pecten celestini Mayer, 1873 (Fontannes...
Status Introduced by Fontannes (1880) for a species previously misidentified by him as Pecten celestini Mayer, 1873 (Fontannes 1876, 1878). However, that name is not available from Mayer (1873; a nomen nudum), which makes Fontannes the author of Pecten celestini and Pecten gentoni its junior objective synonym. [details]
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Fontannes, F. (1880). Études stratigraphiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la période tertiaire dans le bassin du Rhône. 6. Le Bassin de Crest. H. George, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris, 214 pp.
page(s): 13 (footnote) [details]
page(s): 13 (footnote) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Introduced by Fontannes (1880) for a species previously misidentified by him as Pecten celestini Mayer, 1873 (Fontannes 1876, 1878). However, that name is not available from Mayer (1873; a nomen nudum), which makes Fontannes the author of Pecten celestini and Pecten gentoni its junior objective synonym. [details]
