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Panopea abrupta (Pacific geoduck)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy
Mya abrupta was named by Conrad (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Panope (Panope) abrupta by Moore (1963); it was recombined as Panope abrupta by Powell and Stevens (2000); it was recombined as Panopea abrupta by Coan et al. (2000), Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acutisulcata, P. alabama, P. anacachoensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. aracuata, P. arcuata, P. arduennensis, P. attenuata, P. bellsensis, P. borealis, P. carteroni, P. cilindrica, P. corrugata, P. cottaldina, P. cuneiformis, P. curta, P. cylindrica, P. decisa, P. decisa, P. descisa, P. dupiniana, P. dupiniana, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. fallax, P. faujasi, P. faujasii, P. floridana, P. fraillia, P. glicimeris, P. glycimeris, P. goldfussi, P. gurgitis, P. hauthali, P. hauthali, P. heberti, P. inferior, P. inferior, P. japonica, P. lata, P. lateralis, P. maccoyi, P. malvernensis, P. mandibula, P. mandibulata, P. meynardi, P. monmouthensis, P. natalensis, P. necomiensis, P. neocomiensis, P. nomurae, P. norvegica, P. nucleus, P. oppenhaimi, P. orientalis, P. ovialis, P. pastorei, P. patagonica, P. patagonica, P. penjinskensis, P. peshakovi, P. philippi, P. philippii, P. pleshakovi, P. quemadensis, P. reflexa, P. remensis, P. rostrata, P. royana, P. sierrana, P. simotomensis, P. simplex, P. smithae, P. stenopleura, P. submandibula, P. subplicata, P. torresi, P. triangula, P. tyugokuensis, P. vetula, P. whifieldi, P. xizangensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. menardi, P. meynardi, P. oppenheimi, P. quemadensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Mya abrupta Conrad p. 723
1857Glycimeris estrellana Conrad
1909Panopea estrellana Arnold p. 64 figs. Plate XV, figure 1.
1918Panope estrellana Clark p. 161
1944Panope estrellana Durham p. 152
1944Panope estrellana Keen and Bentson p. 51
1963Panope (Panope) abrupta Moore pp. 83 - 84 figs. Plate 30, figures 3, 4; plate 31, figures 4, 7
2000Panopea abrupta Coan et al. p. 490
2000Panope abrupta Powell and Stevens
2020Panopea abrupta Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—SolenataDall 1889
orderHiatellida
superfamilyHiatelloidea(Gray 1824)
familyHiatellidaeGray 1824
genusPanopea(Menard 1807)
speciesabrupta(Conrad 1849)

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.

Panopea abrupta Conrad 1849 [Pacific geoduck]
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Invalid names: Panope estrellana Conrad 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:57:42
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:07:58
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Panopea abrupta (38998)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (California) Panopea estrellana (71187 71194 71197 71201)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Panope estrellana (208166 208177 208178)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Panope estrellana (208172) Panopea abrupta (37576 37577 37580 37583 37586)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Washington) Panopea abrupta (37560 37595 203158)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Panopea abrupta (196138)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Panope abrupta (195079 195300)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Panope abrupta (39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Panope abrupta (39600 39698 39798 39799) Panopea abrupta (201690)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Panope abrupta (44934 44935 44968 44982)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Panopea abrupta (70446)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Panopea abrupta (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Panope abrupta (194796 194803 194866)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Panopea abrupta (238615 238622 238623 239463 239465 239468 239469 239470 239578 239580)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Panope abrupta (71054) Panopea abrupta (71053)