Anguipecten, Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Beu, Alan G., 2018, Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 70 (2), pp. 113-330 : 177

Key to species of Anguipecten from Australia

1 Shell c. 50 mm high, lv flat and rv weakly inflated, auricles short and almost equal, 12–14 primary radial plicae, secondary radial riblets on ribs and interstices, byssal notch shallow, byssal fasciol lacking, ctenolium weakly developed ......................................................... A. picturatus

—— Shell with 8 primary radial plicae ............................................................................................. 2

2 Shell c. 37 mm high, lv flat and rv weakly inflated, auricles almost equal, 8 primary radial plicae, secondary radial riblets in late growth stage on lirae and interstices, byssal notch distinct, byssal fasciole weak, ctenolium rudimentary ........................................................... A. simoneae

—— Shell with 20–25 primary radial plicae ...................................................................................... 3

3 Shell c. 70 mm high, valves weakly inflated, auricles short and almost equal, 20-25 obsolete primary radial plicae, byssal notch and byssal fasciole almost lacking in adult stage, ctenolium rudimentary .............................................................................................. A. superbus