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Pecten (Swiftopecten) etchegoini wattsi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi was named by Arnold (1906) [Pecten wattis first appears in this reference (Anderson 1905), but attribute to Arnold. Arnold's description appears in Arnold 1906.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pescadero Creek Ridge, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Pecten wattsi by Nomland (1916); it was recombined as Pecten etchegoini wattsi by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Pecten (Swiftopecten) etchegoini wattsi by Faustman (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi Arnold pp. 120-121 figs. p. 11, figs. 1-1a
1916Pecten wattsi Nomland pp. 203, 204
1917Pecten etchegoini wattsi Nomland p. 214
1964Pecten (Swiftopecten) etchegoini wattsi Faustman p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusPectenRöding 1798
subgenusSwiftopecten(Hertlein 1935)
speciesetchegoini(Dall 1898)
subspecieswattsi()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:06:05
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:19:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten wattsi (208035)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten wattsi (204364)