Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten (Aequipecten) opercularis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis, Chlamys opercularis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) opercularis, Ostrea opercularis, Pecten (Aequipecten) opercularis, Pecten (Chlamys) opercularis, Pecten opercularis
Synonyms: Ostrea dubia Gmelin 1791, Pecten dubius Gmelin 1791, Pecten gracilis Sowerby 1825
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Aequipecten according to R. Marquet and H. H. Dijkstra 2000
See also Dhondt 1971, Hendy 2007, Hendy et al. 2008, Linnaeus 1758, Wood 1850 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Aequipecten (Aequipecten), Aequipecten bierringi, Aequipecten commutatus, Aequipecten comparilis, Aequipecten decorus, Aequipecten florida, Aequipecten macrotis, Aequipecten malvinae, Aequipecten paranensis, Aequipecten radians, Aequipecten suwaneensis, Aequipecten tehuelchus, Aequipecten trigintaradiata, Aequipecten wagenaari, Chlamys (Aequipecten) chickaria, Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus, Chlamys (Aequipecten) durchanaensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) gainestownensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) redwoodensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) subtripartita, Chlamys (Aequipecten) thunensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) waynensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) arlesiensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) ternatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) walleri, Pecten (Aequipecten) hallae, Pecten (Aequipecten) palmeri, Pecten (Aequipecten) preglyptus, Pecten (Aequipecten) seinaamensis, Pecten (Aequipecten) subserraticosta
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (2 collections), Egypt (1), Greece (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (11)
• Pliocene of Algeria (2), Belgium (8), Greece (3), Italy (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (11)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (5), Belgium (9), Greece (2), Italy (1), Romania (1), Spain (1)
Total: 67 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.