Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Chlamys (Argopecten)
Synonyms: Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) Dall 1898, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) Dall 1898, Haumea, Pecten (Plagioctenium) Dall 1898, Plagioctenium Dall 1898
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Arnold 1906, Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, del Rio 1992, DuBar 1958, Gardner 1943, Hertlein 1929, Mansfield 1940, Moore 1984, Morales-Ortega et al. 2016, Olsson 1967, Sepkoski 2002, Tavora et al. 2004, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Argopecten abietis Argopecten ameleus Argopecten anteamplicostata Argopecten antonitaensis Argopecten callidus Argopecten crassiradiatus Argopecten cristobalensis Argopecten daideleus Argopecten demiurgus Argopecten deserti Argopecten diminutivus Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Argopecten eccentricus Argopecten ericellus Argopecten evermanni Argopecten gibbus Argopecten gilbertharrisi Argopecten gratus Argopecten hakei Argopecten inaequalis Argopecten insuetus Argopecten invalidus Argopecten irradians Argopecten levicostatus Argopecten mendenhalli Argopecten nerterus Argopecten parathetidis Argopecten percarus Argopecten purpuratus Argopecten revellei Argopecten subdolus Argopecten sverdrupi Argopecten thetidis Argopecten uselmae Argopecten venezualanus Argopecten ventricosus Argopecten woodringi Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi Haumea inaequivalvis Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), Chile (8), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (5), Cuba (1), Ecuador (2), Haiti (4), Japan (1), Mexico (6), Panama (4), Peru (11), Thailand (1), United States (76: California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3), United States (16: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (3), Colombia (10), Costa Rica (9), the Dominican Republic (17), Ecuador (10), Haiti (2), Jamaica (7), Japan (1), Mexico (44), Panama (19), Portugal (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (24: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (11)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Dominican Republic (15), the Netherlands Antilles (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (6), Brazil (11), Colombia (12), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (104), Ecuador (4), Greenland (3), Grenada (2), Haiti (1), India (1), Mexico (3), Panama (41), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), United States (7: California, Florida, New Jersey, Washington), Venezuela (30)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Costa Rica (1), Haiti (1), Panama (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, Mississippi)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 585 collections including 705 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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