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Argopecten uselmae

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten uselmae was named by Pilsbry and Johnson (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; circum-Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 11124, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plagioctenium uselmae by Pilsbry and Johnston (1917) and Mongin (1968); it was recombined as Chlamys (Aequipecten) uselmae by Woodring (1924) and Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) uselmae by Woodring (1925); it was recombined as Argopecten uselmae by Franco (1983) and Waller (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys concinnatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Pecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson p. 194 figs. pl. 6, figs. 3, 4
1917Plagioctenium uselmae Pilsbry and Johnston p. 194 figs. pl. 6, figs. 3, 4
1922Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis Olsson p. 201 figs. pl. 18, figs. 8-11
1924Chlamys (Aequipecten) uselmae Woodring p. 221
1924Chlamys (Aequipecten) uselmae Woodring et al.
1925Chlamys (Plagioctenium) uselmae Woodring
1925Chlamys (Plagioctenium) concinnata Woodring p. 70 figs. pl. 8, fig. 8
1925Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gonioides Woodring p. 71 figs. pl. 8, figs. 11, 12
1925Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mansfieldi Woodring p. 71 figs. pl. 8, fig. 10
1968Plagioctenium uselmae Mongin p. 486
1983Argopecten uselmae Franco
2011Argopecten uselmae Waller p. 64

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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
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesuselmae(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)

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.

†Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
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Invalid names: Chlamys (Plagioctenium) concinnata Woodring 1925 [synonym], Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gonioides Woodring 1925 [synonym], Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mansfieldi Woodring 1925 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis Olsson 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 04:58:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Pecten costaricensis (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Argopecten uselmae (93734)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Pecten costaricensis (134657 134669 134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Chlamys uselmae (60898)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Aequipecten uselmae (69089) Argopecten uselmae (69092 131915) Chlamys uselmae, Chlamys gonioides (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Argopecten uselmae (96519)