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Flexopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Flexopecten is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pectinidae by Aberhan et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Lissopecten Verrill
2002Flexopecten Sepkoski
2002Lissopecten Sepkoski
2004Flexopecten Aberhan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusFlexopecten

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Flexopecten davidi Fontannes 1876
Flexopecten palmatus Lamarck 1806
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Invalid names: Pecten crestensis Fontannes 1880 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lissopecten Verrill 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) F. sp. (74865)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany F. palmatus, F. davidi (188985)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary F. lilli (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia F. sp. (145915)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Lissopecten hyalinus (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) F. flexuosus (173663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece F. flexuosus (88773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands F. flexuosus (98205)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Lissopecten hialinus (56803)