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Flabellipecten gatunensis macdonaldi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten macdonaldi was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI 21132, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) macdonaldi by Mansfield (1932); it was recombined as Flabellipecten gatunensis macdonaldi by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pecten macdonaldi Olsson p. 198 figs. pl. 16, figs. 1, 2
1927Pecten macdonaldi Hodson et al. p. 25
1932Pecten (Pecten) macdonaldi Mansfield p. 57 figs. pl. 14, figs. 14, 15
1982Flabellipecten gatunensis macdonaldi Woodring p. 585

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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
genusFlabellipecten
speciesgatunensis(Toula 1909)
subspeciesmacdonaldi(Olsson 1922)

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 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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) Pecten macdonaldi (43074)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (61165 61167 61171 61173 61174)