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Leopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Leopecten Masuda pp. 170 - 171
1974Leopecten Addicott p. 182
1984Leopecten Moore p. B84
2000Euvola (Leopecten) Coan et al. pp. 224, 225
2002Leopecten 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
genusLeopecten

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. †Leopecten Masuda 1971
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†Leopecten bakeri Hanna and Hertlein 1927
†Leopecten bakeri diazi Durham 1950
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Invalid names: Pecten floridus Hinds 1845 [replaced], Pecten laqueatus Sowerby II 1842 [synonym]
†Leopecten marquerensis Durham 1950
†Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878
Leopecten stillmani Dijkstra 1998
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Invalid names: Pecten lunaris Berry 1963 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Masuda 1971Shell large, gently inflated, of medium thickness, longer than high, equilat.eral, subequivalve, right valve a little more inflated than left valve which is nearly flat in younger stage but tends to become inflated with growth ; right valve with distinct, per pendicular sided, flatly round -topped radial ribs which are sculptured with sometimes faint, fine radial threads, fine intercalary threads and fine, rugose in cremental lines ; left valve with distinct but low, narrow radial ribs usually sculptured with a few faint, fine radial threads, a few fine intercalary threads, and r aised, regularly spaced, rugose, fine incremental lines ; auricles large ; r ight anterior auricle angulated at end, with very wid e and shallow byssal n otch ; hinge with very simple, low, fine cardi nal crura with fine provinculum and wide and shallow resilial pit ; auricular crura well developed, terminating distal ly in a distinct oblong denticle at each extremity ; interior surface with distinct paired internal ribs at lower part.
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (42581)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (42577 42578 92986)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Tamaulipas) Pecten macdonaldi (43074)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Pecten gatunensis (92098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) L. sp. (156334 156720 156832 158215)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (93041)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) L. sp. (136885 156524)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia Flabellipecten gatunensis, L. gatunensis (96502)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (42597 42598 42599 52173 93043 93044 93046 93048 93049)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Flabellipecten gatunensis (130981) Pecten gatunensis (131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten gatunensis (61030 135503)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Flabellipecten gatunensis (145333) L. gatunensis (142933)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (93145 93146 93148 93150 93161 93164 93166 93167 93168 93170 93176) L. gatunensis (136118 145522 145523) L. macdonaldi (136016) Pecten gatunensis (134661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador Flabellipecten gatunensis, L. gatunensis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Flabellipecten gatunensis (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic L. thompsoni (75042)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (60694 61165 61167 61171 61173 61174 61189)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. gatunensis (90594 90595)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Patinopecten bakeri (43845 44040 44042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) L. gatunensis (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (59271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja) Flabellipecten stearnsii (66174) L. bakeri (66173) L. bakeri, Flabellipecten stearnsii (66170 66171)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (120820 186032 237375)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Pecten lunaris (96588) Pecten stearnsii (97124 97125)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) L. stearnsii (214257 214258 214273 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (237593)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) L. coraliphilla (135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Pecten gatunensis (134663)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) L. stearnsii (214283) Pecten stearnsii (189558 207762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Pecten diegensis (168757)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Pecten diegensis (37936)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pecten diegensis (203105 203118) Pecten diegensis, Pecten stearnsii (223325) Pecten stearnsi (202969 203108 223305 223309 223329) Pecten stearnsii (96894 222665 222978)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten diegensis (160361 219030) Pecten stearnsii (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Chlamys stearnsi (89289)