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Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Pecten subbenedictus was named by Fontannes (1878). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Architectonica formosa, Oppenheimopecten aduncus, Oppenheimopecten revolutus, Pecten caribeus, Pecten revolutus, P. araea, P. krebsii, P. radiata, P. simplex, P. subconoidea, P. radiata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Pecten subbenedictus Fontannes
1982	Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus Woodring p. 578

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
subfamily	Pectininae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Philippia	(von Teppner 1922)
subgenus	Oppenheimopecten
species	subbenedictus	(Fontannes 1878)

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.

†Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus Fontannes 1878

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 08:08:03

Modified:

2009-09-09 10:08:03

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Badenian or 20.45000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	Pecten subbenedictus (59265)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Romania	Pecten subbenedictus (72248)