Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Nodipecten) nodosus, Lyropecten nodosus, Nodipecten nodosa, Ostrea nodosa, Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus, Pecten (Nodipecten) nodosus

Synonym: Pecten decemradiatus Gmelin 1791

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 Nodipecten according to G. Rosenberg 2005

See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000, Coan et al. 2000 and DuBar 1958

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Nodipecten) caloosaensis, Nodipecten arnoldi, Nodipecten arthriticus, Nodipecten articulosus, Nodipecten atlanticola, Nodipecten colinensis, Nodipecten estrellanus, Nodipecten macloskeyi, Nodipecten magnificus, Nodipecten subnodosus, Nodipecten veatchii, Nodipecten veracruzensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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