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Argopecten diminutivus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Plagioctenium) diminutivus was named by Hertlein and Jordan (1927). Its type specimen is LSJU 60, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU Loc. 60, Scammon Lagoon, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Isidro Formation of Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pecten (Aequipecten) andersoni by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Argopecten diminutivus by Moore (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pecten (Plagioctenium) diminutivus Hertlein and Jordan p. 623
1984Argopecten diminutivus Moore p. B32 figs. Plale 9, figures 3, 6

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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
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesdiminutivus()

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.

†Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein and Jordan 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 04:58:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten diminutivus (type locality: 96569)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten diminutivus (43808)