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Pecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten was named by Müller (1776) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Ostrea maxima.

It was assigned to Pectenidae by Böhm and Weisfermel (1913); to Pectinini by Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pectinidae by Meek (1864), Stanton (1895), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Clark and Arnold (1923), Nagao (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), DuBar (1958), Faustman (1964), da Silva Forti (1969), Marasti (1973), Dockery (1982), Moore (1984), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Gibson (1987), Ward (1992), Perrilliat (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); and to Pectininae by Coan et al. (2000), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010), Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).

Species
P. (Fortipecten), P. (Hemientolium), P. (Janira), P. (Neithea), P. (Oopecten), P. (Pecten), P. (Plesiopecten), P. (Propeamusium), P. (Propeamussium), P. (Radiopecten), P. (Swiftopecten), P. (Vola), P. aduncus (syn. P. vigolensis), P. afribenedictus, P. alcesianus, P. alpha, P. ambongoensis, P. amphidoxus, P. amuricus, P. andreaei, P. angustecostatus, P. argentarius, P. argillensis, P. arpadicus, P. asper, P. asperulatus, P. assinboiensis, P. aurantiacus, P. avaricus, P. aviculoides, P. aztecus, P. azzarolae, P. badioticus, P. bagualensis, P. barbatus, P. barnensis, P. barretti, P. bavaricus, P. binominatus (syn. P. (Pseudamusium) andersoni), P. breislakii, P. buruticus, P. cadwalladerensis, P. californicus, P. camuycenicus, P. cancellans, P. cawcawensis, P. ceibanus, P. chabrangensis, P. ciampini, P. cislonensis, P. clarkeanus, P. clarkensis, P. clignetti, P. coderensis, P. collapsus, P. concentricestriatus, P. concentristriatus, P. constrictus, P. coralliphila, P. coronatus, P. crispulus, P. danicus, P. deformis, P. deformis, P. dendyi, P. discites, P. disparatus, P. elixatus, P. eseri, P. eurasiaticus, P. expansus, P. falgeri, P. fissicosta, P. flemingianus, P. foipiani, P. fumata, P. fumatus (syn. P. bifidus), P. gabbi, P. gramamensis, P. grapteus, P. guajatacus, P. hallensis, P. halli, P. hammeri, P. hemicyclicus, P. hornensis, P. humphreysii, P. imparicostatus, P. inaequalis, P. incognitus, P. inconspicuus, P. inexpectans, P. intercedens, P. jacobaea, P. jamoignensis, P. janirula, P. johnstrupi, P. jugleri, P. kyushuensis, P. lasseni, P. liebigii, P. liscaviensis, P. lohbergensis, P. lowei, P. margaritiferus, P. margheritae, P. marginiplicatus, P. massalongi, P. maxima, P. mayeri, P. mclellani, P. mentzeliae, P. meseticus, P. molestus, P. morrisi, P. mysicus, P. nearchi, P. nerei (syn. P. interstriatus, P. auristriatus), P. nodulifer, P. novaezelandiae, P. nugenti, P. nuperus, P. obsoletus, P. octoplicatus, P. palmipes, P. pascoei, P. peisonis, P. pictus, P. pilgrimi, P. plebeia, P. pontiamnis, P. praemissus, P. priscus, P. proeteus, P. protei (syn. P. granulocostatus, P. raricostatus, P. sandbergeri, P. octoplectus), P. proteus, P. pseudobeudanti, P. pseudosolarium, P. pulchricosta, P. punctatus, P. raoulensis, P. renevieri, P. reticulatus, P. retiolum, P. rigida, P. rinki, P. rosaliae, P. sansebastianus, P. santarosanus, P. sarajevensis, P. saskatchewanensis, P. schlosseri, P. schlotheimi, P. schmiederi, P. schroeteri, P. seabeensis, P. sealyi, P. securis, P. sedanensis, P. seebachi, P. sichoticus, P. silentiensis, P. stenodictyus, P. stewartianus, P. subaequicostatus, P. subalternans (syn. P. alternans, P. moniliferus), P. subalternicostatus, P. subauriculatus, P. subconcentricus, P. subcutiformis, P. subdemissus, P. subdivisus, P. subgranulosus, P. subrufus, P. suwanneensis, P. tenuistriatus, P. terebratuloides, P. thaumastus, P. transdanubialis, P. trebevicianus, P. triradiatus, P. tubulifer (syn. P. decoratus), P. tyaughtonae, P. undiferus, P. vajolettensis, P. vanwinkleae, P. vasseli, P. vaughani, P. venustulus, P. verdachellensis, P. verrucosus, P. veszprimiensis, P. vetulus, P. vigintisulcatus, P. volaris, P. wattsi, P. wendelli, P. winkleri, P. zannichelli
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. acanikos, P. albertii, P. arachnoideus, P. arachnoideus, P. bellhamellatus, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. bosniascki, P. byramensis, P. cavanus, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. condylomaius, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. evergladensis, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. jeffersonius, P. jeffersonius, P. kikaiensis, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nicholsi, P. northamptoni, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. quotidianus, P. radula, P. santaecruzensis, P. serviceus, P. spitzbergensis, P. stearsii, P. tournali, P. validus