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> Now, regarding Chesapecten jeffersonius from North Carolina: do the two valves have different numbers of ribs?
I don't seem to have any pairs on hand, but from the handy figures, the ribs appear to be actual plications-one rib corresponds with the interrib of the other valve. Thus, the number should match (though counting the small ribs towards either end gets a bit tricky).
There are C. jeffersonius-C. madisonius transitional forms in rare mid-Pliocene outcrops (Lower Goose Creek Limestone equivalent; only a handful of known outcrops, several no longer extant) that have an intermediate numer of ribs in both valves. C. septenarius in South Carolina has a variable rib number in the Goose Creek Limestone, in contrast to its normal constant 7 rib form.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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