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Argopecten ventricosus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten ventricosus was named by Sowerby (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Pacific (Recent).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) ventricosus by Dall (1898), Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Chlamys (Argopecten) cricularis by Hertlein (1968); it was recombined as Argopecten ventricosus by Coan et al. (2000), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Pecten circularis Sowerby
1842Pecten ventricosus Sowerby
1846Pecten inca d'Orbigny p. 663
1853Pecten solidulus Reeve
1864Pecten aequisulcatus Carpenter p. 645
1892Pecten aequisulcatus Keep p. 168 figs. Fig. 139
1895Pecten ventricosus Ashley p. 344
1898Pecten (Pecten) compactus Dall p. 707 figs. pl. 34, fig. 5
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) subventricosus Dall p. 707
1898Pecten compactus Dall p. 707
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) ventricosus Dall p. 710
1903Pecten (Plagioctenium) newsomi Arnold p. 113 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1, 1a
1903Pecten newsomi Arnold p. 113
1903Pecten (Plagioctenium) subventricosus Arnold p. 114
1903Pecten (Plagioctenium) ventricosus Arnold p. 114 figs. Plate XI, Fics. 3, 3a, 6 and 6a
1906Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis Arnold p. 125
1906Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis aequisulcatus Arnold p. 132 figs. PL L, figs. 1, la., and lb; also text fig. 1, p. 45; fig. 2, p. 46
1925Pecten (Plagioctenium) calli Hertlein figs. pl. 4, figs. 5-7
1926Pecten (Plagioctenium) calli Jordan and Hertlein p. 436
1926Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis Jordan and Hertlein p. 438
1927Argopecten circularis Hodson and Hodson p. 25
1930Pecten fililextus Li p. 255
1931Pecten (Aequipecten) gibbus circularis Grant, IV and Gale p. 218 figs. Plate 5, Figures 7a, 76, 7c
1937Pecten (Aequipecten) circularis Webb p. 345
1946Chlamys aequisulcata Bruff p. 232
1950Aequipecten circularis Durham
1953Aequipecten aequisulcatus Emerson and Addicott p. 440
1959Pecten circularis aequisulcatus Kanakoff and Emerson p. 23
1968Chlamys (Argopecten) cricularis Hertlein
1972Chlamys (Argopecten) circularis Hertlein and Grant p. 197 figs. Plate 32, Figures 4, 15, 16
1984Argopecten circularis Moore p. B34 figs. Plate 9, figures 7, 8
1984Argopecten circularis calli Moore p. B35 figs. Plate 10, figure 2
2000Argopecten ventricosus Coan et al. p. 234
2012Argopecten ventricosus Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 284
2021Argopecten ventricosus Hendy

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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
speciesventricosus(Sowerby 1842)

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.

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Invalid names: Argoecten aequisulcatus Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Pecten (Plagioctenium) calli Hertlein 1925 [synonym], Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis Sowerby 1835 [synonym], Pecten (Plagioctenium) newsomi Arnold 1903 [synonym], Pecten (Plagioctenium) subventricosus Dall 1898 [synonym], Pecten compactus Dall 1898 [synonym], Pecten fililextus Li 1930 [synonym], Pecten inca d'Orbigny 1846 [synonym], Pecten newsomi Arnold 1903 [synonym], Pecten solidulus Reeve 1853 [synonym], Pecten ventricosus aequisulcatus Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. G. Hertlein 1925 (Pecten (Plagioctenium) calli)Shell small, inequivalve. Right valve slightly arched, orna- mented by about 16 or 17 rather high, narrow, rounded, radi- ating ribs separated by interspaces of about the same width as the ribs; anterior ear with a large byssal notch and sculpture consisting of about five radiating riblets crossed by concentric lines of growth; posterior ear sculptured by radiating riblets crossed by concentric lines of growth. Left valve slightly prolonged posteriorly, much more highly arched than right, and sloping rather abruptly from the umbos, sculptured by about 19 well developed, rather sharp, rounded, radiating ribs separated by interspaces about as wide as the ribs, ribs and in- terspaces crossed by fine concentric lines ; ears slightly concave, the anterior with a small notch and ornamentation consisting of five or six radiating riblets crossed by concentric lines of growth; posterior ear slightly prolonged at the hinge line, sculptured as right. Altitude 24 mm. ; longitude 24 mm. ; diameter of left valve approximately 7 mm. ; apical angle ap- proximately 90°.
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: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Pecten eldridgei (208105)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61037 135497)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61041)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61034 135498 135501 135502)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61024 61026 61029 61030 61043 135499 135504)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Pecten circularis (131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61017 61022 61027 61031 61036 61042 135500)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (61044) Pecten circularis, Pecten circularis (60802)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten proteus (220183)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Aequipecten circularis (44027)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten circularis (60804)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Pecten circularis (97124 97125 97127 97129)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Chlamys circularis (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile (Antofagasta) Argopecten ventricosus (96707)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten ventricosus (51881 51884 51887)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja) Argopecten circularis (66170 66171 66172 66173)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Aequipecten circularis (122281) Pecten deserti (96906) Pecten proteus (194664 220191 220193)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten calli (43680 43686) Pecten circularis (43681)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Argopecten ventricosus (214257)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Chlamys circularis (122752)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten ventricosus (51880)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten ventricosus (51879)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Aequipecten circularis (207647 207762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Pecten ventricosus (66777)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Pecten circularis (96565)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Costa Rica Chlamys circularis (135044)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Pecten ventricosus (207004 207005)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten aequisulcatus (240575) Pecten circularis (240567)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Chlamys cricularis (96586)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Pecten ventricosus (97639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Argopecten ventricosus (71051) Chlamys circularis (222998) Plagioctenium circularis (202986)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten ventricosus (222646) Plagioctenium circularis (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten circularis (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aequipecten aequisulcatus (240635 240639) Argopecten ventricosus (96930 96935 96936 96937 96938 96939) Chlamys aequisulcata (240612 240615 240617 240621) Pecten circularis (59063 96589 160361 219029 219030 240594 240595) Pecten ventricosus (222659 222662 222674) Pecten ventricosus, Pecten newsomi (222660 222661) Plagioctenium circularis (222953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Argopecten circularis (44963) Pecten circularis (96557 96558)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Argopecten ventricosus (160394 160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Argopecten circularis (97640 97645)