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Posted: Nov 30 2008
Aequipecten muscosus & Aequipecten exasperatus, A comparison - Are they one or two?
Note that this species are now placed in the genus Lindapecten (as of Aug 2017)
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Harry Lee posted on LTS 12/30/08:
"I thought you'd enjoy reading the short paper:
Fulton, H. C., 1938. Note on Pecten (Chlamys) muscosus Wood. 1928
and P. exasperatus Sow. 1842, The Nautilus 52(3): 102. January.
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