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Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten equivalvis was named by Sowerby (1816). It is the type species of Pseudopecten, Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten).

It was recombined as Pseudopecten equivalvis by Douville (1879), Damborenea (2002); it was recombined as Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) aequivalvis by Valls et al. (2004); it was recombined as Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis by Inesta et al. (1990), Gahr (2002), Paredes et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. priscus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Pecten equivalvis Sowerby
1879Pseudopecten equivalvis Douville p. 92
1990Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Inesta et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 11
2002Pseudopecten equivalvis Damborenea p. 80 figs. Pl 7, figs 11-17
2002Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Gahr
2004Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) aequivalvis Valls et al. p. 159 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7
2013Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusPseudopectenBayle 1878
subgenusPseudopectenBayle 1878
speciesequivalvis(Sowerby 1816)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height233.733.034.433.70.990

Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:09:29
Modified: 2007-10-05 07:09:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 199.50000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Pseudopecten equivalvis (28885)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Portugal Pseudopecten equivalvis (159038)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Pseudopecten aequivalvis (146726)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Pseudopecten equivalvis (225392 225394 225396 225401 225403 225406)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopecten aequivalvis (204119 204120)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopecten equivalvis (224862)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Pseudopecten aequivalvis (146744)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Spain (Alicante ) Pseudopecten equivalvis (130881)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary Pseudopecten equivalvis (128375)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Pseudopecten aequivalvis (210184 211278 211285 211290 211292 211293 211295 211296 211297 211860 212068 212069 212070 212193 212227)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopecten aequivalvis (204121)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Pseudopecten aequivalvis (222159 222167 222182)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain Pseudopecten aequivalvis (114348 119564)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Pseudopecten equivalvis (126569 159446)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Pseudopecten aequivalvis (222194)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Portugal (Coimbra) Pseudopecten equivalvis (211004 211005 211006 211033 211035 211036 211037 211038 211040 211042)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Pseudopecten equivalvis (25937 25939 25940 26138 26141 26144 26146 26148) Pseudopecten equivalvis, Pseudopecten aequivalvis (25938)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain Pseudopecten aequivalvis (114350 114351 114352 114354 114356 114357 119569 119571 119574 119575 119577)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France Pseudopecten equivalvis (51608)