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Oppenheimopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) Teppner p. 254
1922Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) von Teppner
1982Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) Woodring p. 578
1984Oppenheimopecten Moore p. B75
2000Oppenheimopecten Coan et al. p. 225
2002Convexopecten Sepkoski
2002Oppenheimopecten Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusOppenheimopecten(von Teppner 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.

G. Oppenheimopecten von Teppner 1922
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†Oppenheimopecten hartmanni Hertlein 1925
†Oppenheimopecten juanensis Grant IV and Stevenson 1948
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Invalid names: Pecten (Pecten) dickersoni Wagner and Schilling 1923 [synonym]
†Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) reliquus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Invalid names: Convexopecten [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Pecten dickersoni (71181)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Pecten sanctaecruzensis (219739)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Pecten cristatocostatus (178110)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Pecten subbenedictus (59265)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt O. josslingi (34914) O. revolutus, O. josslingi (34918 34919) Pecten cristatocostatus (34913)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Pecten revolutus (51689)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Pecten colpotus (93044)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Pecten revolutus (51687)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Pecten cristatocostatus (72252) Pecten subbenedictus (72248)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia O. aduncus (145972 145973) O. sp. (145906 145975)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Pecten reliquus (145200)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Pecten juanensis (238333 238335)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten coalingaensis (208035) Pecten coalingensis (220183)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pecten coalingaensis (208108) Pecten coalingensis (194664 220191 220192 220193)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Pecten coalingensis (19675 19676 19677 19678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Pecten caribeus (131210)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Pecten chazaliei (80408)