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Deltopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Deltopecten Etheridge
1995Deltopecten Newell and Boyd p. 49
2002Deltopecten Sepkoski
2010Deltopecten Bouchet et al.
2023Deltopecten Hickman p. 24

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyDeltopectinidae
genusDeltopectenEtheridge 1892

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. †Deltopecten Etheridge 1892
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Deltopecten barchatovae Muromtseva 1984
Deltopecten caneyanus Girty 1909
Deltopecten harringtoni Rocha-Campos and de Carvalho 1975
Deltopecten keaseyorum Hickman 2023
Deltopecten kieli Hickman 2023
Deltopecten limaeformis Morris 1845
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Invalid names: Aviculopecten multiradiatus Etheridge 1872 [synonym], Deltopecten imbricatus Etheridge 1872 [synonym]
Deltopecten longeare Liang 1980
Deltopecten lyonsensis Dickins 1957
Deltopecten mitchelli Etheridge and Dun 1906
Deltopecten rienitzi Mitchell 1927
Deltopecten waageni Gemmellaro 1896
Deltopecten waterfordi Dickins 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height276.364.091.077.519.1
valve height2563.532.3145.065.032.3

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Changhsingian or 342.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) D. spp., D. caneyanus (112177) D. wyandotte (112176)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Arizona) D. monroensis (124253) D. tahlequahensis (124288)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Texas) D. sp. (568)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arizona) D. monroensis, D. tahlequahensis (124256)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Aviculopecten caneyanus (584)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (California) D. sp. (226417)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) Aviculopecten caneyanus (56143 65682)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) D. herzeri, D. scalaris, D. interlineatus (276195)
Pennsylvanian - Asselian323.4 - 293.52China (Xizang) D. sp. (61393)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (103840)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Australia (Tasmania) D. illawarensis (105477)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52India Aviculopecten mitchelli (116800)
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (Himachal Pradesh) D. mitchelli (46394)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Aviculopecten mitchelli (86535)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) D. illawarensis (105475 105478 105479 105484 105489 105493 105494 105499)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) D. sp. (110093)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Argentina D. harringtoni (91637)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Pecten illawarrensis (119250)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Aviculopecten illawarensis, Aviculopecten limaeformis (120456) D. lyonsensis (107309 107312) D. sp. (88214 88651 101207) D. waterfordi (84359 84488 84569)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Aviculopecten limaeformis, Aviculopecten imbricatus, Aviculopecten multiradiatus (134036) D. illawarrensis (66216 66219 66240 66241 66271 103947) D. limaeformis (66206 66207 66209 66218 66242 66257 66262 66269 103444 120636 120638) D. limaeformis, D. illawarrensis (66208 66210 66265) D. sp. (102793 102807 102821 102825 102831 102832 102833 102836 102854 102860 103394 103400 116230)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Tasmania) Pecten limaeformis (134051)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Yukon) D. sp. (117743)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation D. barchatovae (113949)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Mongolia D. sp. (51571)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3New Zealand (Southland) D. limaeformis (41775 41791)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (New South Wales) D. illawarensis (102760)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Tasmania) D. limaeformis (105422 105425)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) D. illawarrensis (66220 66224 66233)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation D. limaeformis (109947 109949)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (11089)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28USA (California) D. sp. (105665)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. sp. (94855)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pseudomonotis waageni (108672)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Pecten illawarensis (134048)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) D. sp. (41767)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation D. limaeformis (101697 114237)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation D. sp. (102204)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. sp. (51668)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Russian Federation D. sp. (114210)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation D. limaeformis (81383 114236)