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Nodipecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Nodipecten Dall
1906Pecten (Nodipecten) Arnold p. 49
1919Pecten (Nodipecten) Cooke p. 136
1945Chlamys (Nodipecten) Gardner p. 69
1958Chlamys (Nodipecten) DuBar p. 160
1971Lyropecten (Nodipecten) Jung p. 165
1974Nodipecten Addicott p. 182
1982Nodipecten Woodring p. 598
1984Nodipecten Moore p. B57
1991Nodipecten Smith pp. 86 - 87
2000Nodipecten Coan et al. p. 242
2001Nodipecten Todd
2002Nodipecten 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
genusNodipectenDall 1898

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. Nodipecten Dall 1898
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Nodipecten arnoldi Aguerrevere 1925
Nodipecten articulosus Cooke 1919
Nodipecten atlanticola Anderson 1929
Nodipecten colinensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
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Lyropecten colinensis colinensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
Invalid names: Nodipecten clydonus Woodring 1982 [synonym]
Nodipecten estrellanus Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Lyropecten volaeformis Conrad 1842 [synonym], Pecten heermanni Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Nodipecten macloskeyi Anderson 1929
Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835
Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Pecten decemradiatus Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby 1836
Nodipecten veatchii Gabb 1866
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. T. Smith 1991Valve outline circular in most species; profiles equally convex, moderately flat to moderately convex, commonly with angular ledges. Radial ribs and interspaces costate and lirate. Right-valve interspaces cor- respond to left-valve ribs of alternating widths; left-valve ribs commonly nodose, as expressed by the scheme N r Nc r N. Auricles subequal to equal, costate and lirate. Hinge length about half shell length in most species. Byssal notch deep, ctenolium prominent. Three pairs of hinge teeth in right valve, two pairs in left valve. Hollow nodes more prominent on wider key ribs of left valves, present in right valves of some species, and commonly flanged in western Atlantic taxa.
Nodipecten is similar to the Holocene representative of Lyropecten, L. magnificus, from the Galapagos Islands. Both have costate, lirate ribs and interspaces, a deep byssal notch, and the same hinge teeth. They differ in arrangement of left-valve nodose ribs: Nodipecten is char- acterized by the scheme N r Nc r N and Lyropecten by N 2r Nc 2r N. These schemes can be traced through separate, distinct ancestral lineages despite the conver- gence of Holocene forms. Lyropecten magnificus has more rectangular auricles than Nodipecten, and as far as is known, no tendency toward ledging.One taxon, N. arthriticus (Reeve) [= N. subnodosus, s.s. auctt.], is referred here to Nodipecten although its rib scheme differs from the others. Holocene left valves look most like those of N. subnodosus [= N. intermedius of Conrad (1867)] except for the rib scheme of N 2r Nc r N. It is classified as a Nodipecten although it evolved by the late Miocene, possibly by a genetic mutation from a Pacific Panamic Lyropecten.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 08:13:42
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:13:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Pecten estrellanus (11601)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama N. sp. (92987)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Lyropecten magnificus (96567) Pecten estrellanus (43812)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Lyropecten sp. (58647 58691 58692 58727)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Pecten articulosus (75311)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica Lyropecten nodosus (92098)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Lyropecten estrellanus (195076) Pecten estrellanus (208107 208109 208114)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Río Negro) N. salis (179578)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Lyropecten estrellanus (59074)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Argentina (Río Negro) N. salis (179580)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama N. clydonus (93043)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Lyropecten sp. (58674 58679 58684)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) Lyropecten estrellanus (37542)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) N. pyx (111204) Pecten pyx (94810)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) Pecten estrellanus (159599)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Pecten estrellanus (52212)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama N. sp. (187583)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Pecten nodosus (58867)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Lyropecten estrellanus (44423 164674 195407 238334)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Pecten atlanticola, Pecten macloskeyi (88297)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Pecten estrellanus (19342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic N. colinensis (84966 93797) N. sp. (75041)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Lyropecten estrellanus (194796 195033 195034) Lyropecten terminus (195031) Pecten estrellanus (194799)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic N. colinensis (90594) N. nodosus (75037 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Lyropecten arnoldi (41546 41555) Lyropecten nodosus, Lyropecten arnoldi (41569) Lyropecten nodosus, Lyropecten sp. B (41553) Lyropecten sp. A (41543 41545)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Lyropecten sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten subnodosus (96544)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Lyropecten subnodosus (43861 44036 44042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) N. collierensis (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic N. nodosus (74968 80136)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) N. collierensis (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Pecten subnodosus (97127) Pecten subnodosus, Pecten veatchii (97124 97125) Pecten veatchii (208197)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pecten estrellanus (96906 96907 96908 96909 208108) Pecten veatchii (237378)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja) N. subnodosus (66170 66173 66174 66175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Chlamys magnifica (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Chlamys subnodosa (96582 96584)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) N. collierensis (92449)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) N. colinensis (136994 157969)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Lyropecten nodosus (131210 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Chlamys nodosus (58522) N. sp. (69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) N. collierensis (79959) N. peedeensis, N. collierensis (79960) N. vaccamavensis (79874)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) N. peedensis (35025)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Chlamys subnodosa (96586)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Pecten subnodosus (97639)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys nodosus, Chlamys caloosaensis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lyropecten nodosus (67069) N. pernodosus (79740)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan Pecten jeffersonius (82755)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) N. corallinoides (89618 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Pecten magnificus (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Dominica Pecten subnodosus (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Lyropecten nodosus (122245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya N. sp. (81096)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten subnodosus (222659 222660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Pecten nodosus (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten subnodosus (89597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Liropecten nodosus (97680)