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Lindapecten muscosus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten muscosus was named by Wood (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aequipecten muscosus by Richards (1962), De Buisonjé (1974), Woodring (1982), Marquet and Dijkstra (2000); it was recombined as Lindapecten muscosus by Petuch (1988), Waller (2011).

Synonyms
  • Pecten fuscopurpureus was named by Conrad (1849) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western; Atlantic]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) fuscopurpureus by DuBar (1958); it was synonymized subjectively with Aequipecten muscosus by Woodring (1982).
  • Pecten exasperatus was named by Sowerby (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Aequipecten muscosus by Woodring (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Pecten fuscopurpureus Wood
1828Pecten muscosus Wood
1842Pecten exasperatus Sowerby
1849Pecten fuscopurpureus Conrad p. 209 figs. pl. 29, fig. 10
1958Chlamys (Chlamys) fuscopurpureus DuBar p. 158
1962Aequipecten muscosus Richards p. 55
1974Aequipecten muscosus De Buisonjé p. 229 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
1982Aequipecten muscosus Woodring p. 590
1988Lindapecten muscosus Petuch
2000Aequipecten muscosus Marquet and Dijkstra p. 40
2011Lindapecten muscosus Waller p. 79

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
tribeAequipectinini(Nordsieck 1969)
genusLindapectenPetuch 1988
speciesmuscosus(Wood 1828)

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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Invalid names: Pecten exasperatus Sowerby 1842 [synonym], Pecten fuscopurpureus Conrad 1849 [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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Netherlands Antilles Aequipecten muscosus (209175 209177 209183 209187)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Aruba Aequipecten muscosus (209167 209168 209170 209171)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41501 69029 79331 79336 80025 80355 80359)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Pecten exasperatus (80304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Aequipecten muscosus (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41715)