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Spondylopecten palinurus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten palinurus was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Spondylopecten palinurus by Scholz et al. (2008), Kiessling et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pecten palinurus d'Orbigny
2008Spondylopecten palinurus Scholz et al. p. 118 fig. 9
2011Spondylopecten palinurus Kiessling et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusSpondylopectenRöder 1882
speciespalinurus(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Spondylopecten palinurus d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 184.20000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Spondylopecten palinurus (51613)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India Spondylopecten palinurus (63215 63230)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Spondylopecten palinurus (24050)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Spondylopecten palinurus (61873 61886 62050 63236 68078 68079)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Spondylopecten palinurus (13794)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Spondylopecten palinurus (61876)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Spondylopecten palinurus (13590 13663)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Spondylopecten palinurus (13519)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Spondylopecten palinurus (93864 93868)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Spondylopecten palinurus (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Spondylopecten palinurus (154138 216697)