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Re: Pecten identification
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John Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 9 Jan 2000 08:51:48 -0500
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Hi Carole,

How do you distinguish proteus from glaber? Poppe & Goto, 1993 calls it a
form of glaber with 3-5 ribs, where glaber has 5 major ribs, but other
forms (up to 20 names) have up to 13 ribs.

>  The shells formerly in the genus Proteopecten have been moved to the genus
>Flexopecten. Flexopecten proteus is a valid species. It is not a subspecies
>of glaber, but a species in its own right.
>      Carole M
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John Wolff
2640 Breezewood Dr.
Lancaster, PA 17601, U.S.A.

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