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Eopecten velatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten velatus was named by Goldfuss (1833).

It was recombined as Velata velata by Cox (1928); it was recombined as Eopecten velatus by Damborenea (2002), Scholz et al. (2008), Kiessling et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. leymerii, E. spondyloides, E. waageni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pecten velatus Goldfuss
1866Pleuronectites aubryi Douville
1886Pleuronectites aubryi Douville
1928Velata velata Cox p. 244
1965Eopecten aubryi Cox
2002Eopecten velatus Damborenea p. 54 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3
2008Eopecten velatus Scholz et al.
2011Eopecten velatus 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
genusEopectenDouvillé 1897
speciesvelatus(Goldfuss 1833)

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.

†Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Pleuronectites aubryi Douville 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height119.3

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 Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 201.40000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile Eopecten velatus (58536)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Argentina (Mendoza) Eopecten velatus (50819)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Argentina (Mendoza) Eopecten velatus (36940)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Eopecten velatus (33611)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Eopecten velatus (126923)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) Eopecten velatus (115216)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Velata velata (159145)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Eopecten velatus (225390)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Bulgaria (Sofia) Eopecten velatus (225553)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Eopecten velatus (126924)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Eopecten velatus (95540)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Eopecten velatus (211290 211874 212065)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Portugal (Coimbra) Eopecten velatus (225384 225385 225386)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Eopecten velatus (228498)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Eopecten velatus (25217 25218 25609 25667 25671 25674 25675 25774 25776 25777 25780 25781 26147 26149 26156 26330 26385 26386)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Portugal (Coimbra) Eopecten velatus (225388)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Portugal Eopecten velatus (25946 25948 25950 25956)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) Eopecten velatus (211170 211171 211173 211174 211175 211194 211195 211202 211203 211204 211205 211207 211208)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Eopecten velatus (51613)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain Eopecten velatus (25784)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Jordan Eopecten velatus (35323)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Eopecten velatus (24050)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Kenya Eopecten aubryi (36461 36468 36469 36473)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Eopecten aubryi (68665 68667 68670 68673) Eopecten velatus (63075 67623 68078 68079 68596)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Eopecten velatus (35701)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Pleuronectites aubryi (94592)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tanzania Eopecten aubryi (36355)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Eopecten velatus (234953)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Eopecten velatus (61816 63066 68384)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Eopecten aubryi (98096 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Hungary Eopecten aubryi (127112)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Eopecten velatus (61876 67626 68291 68385)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Eopecten aubryi (98124 98125)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Eopecten velatus (13951)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Velata sp., Velata aubryi (94519)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Eopecten aubryi (68647)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Eopecten velatus (63529)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Eopecten velatus (234934)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Eopecten velatus (1560 2652 2660)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Tanzania Eopecten aubryi (36326)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Eopecten velatus (93871)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Eopecten velatus (4085)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Kenya Eopecten albus (36493) Eopecten thurmanni (36492)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Velata inaequistriata (93501)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Eopecten velatus (185666)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Velata inaequistriata (93499)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Eopecten velatus (212931)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kenya Eopecten thurmanni (36497)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Eopecten velatus (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Tanzania Eopecten velatus (35570)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eopecten velatus (41817 154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Eopecten velatus (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Eopecten velatus (57157)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Tanzania Eopecten velatus (79256 79260)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Eopecten velatus (34608)