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LINNÆUS, in the tenth edition of “Systema Naturæ” 1758, p. 702, described a species Anomia pecten in these words: “A. testa semi-orbiculata depressa multistriata; valvula altera plana (List. angl. 243, t. 9, f. 49). Testa inferne ∫. margine cardinis linea recta ∫. transversa”. No locality was given, but a specimen is contained in his cabinet at the Linnean Society, London.
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WOOD, A. Pterinopecten papyraceus and "Strophomena" pecten. Nature 141, 1100 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1411100a0
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