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Pecten meseticus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten meseticus was named by Maury (1920). Its type specimen is no number, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys vezzanensis, P. acanikos, P. acuteauritus, P. aequiplicatus, P. aequisulcatiis, P. aequivalvis, P. aknerianus, P. albertii, P. amaliae, P. amenensis, P. antiguensis, P. antiquatus, P. arachnoideus, P. asellus, P. assiniboiensis, P. basselli, P. beaveri, P. beethami, P. bellula, P. bellus, P. benedictus, P. beudanti, P. biddeleana, P. bielzianus, P. bifidus, P. bipartitus, P. bipartitus, P. burdigalensis, P. burnsii, P. byoritzuensis, P. byramensis, P. cailliaudi, P. cartieri, P. catherina, P. cereadica, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. chickaria, P. clevei, P. coderensis, P. complanatus, P. concavus, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. cristatus, P. daudeleus, P. diegensis, P. diffluxus, P. diffuluxus, P. discites, P. dispar, P. dorothea, P. dunkeri, P. dutemplei, P. dutempli, P. dutrugei, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. engrammatus, P. erythraeensis, P. estrellanus, P. etchegoini, P. fimbriatus, P. fischeri, P. fisheri, P. fraasi, P. frondosus, P. fucanus, P. fuchsi, P. furcanus, P. fuschi, P. gibbus, P. glyptus, P. grandis, P. grayi, P. grayi, P. groenlandicus, P. harmeri, P. hastalus, P. hastatus, P. hedonia, P. hellii, P. herrmannseni, P. hiemalis, P. hochstetteri, P. howei, P. howei, P. incongruus, P. interlineatus, P. inversum, P. jacobaeus, P. jacobaeus, P. jacobeus, P. jcaunensis, P. jeffersonius, P. jugosus, P. juhanus, P. kochi, P. laevicostatus, P. lakemba, P. lamellosus, P. lenzi, P. madisonius, P. madisonus, P. marvilensis, P. marylandica, P. membranacens, P. membranosus, P. microglyptus, P. miguelensis, P. modestus, P. moreanus, P. naganumanus, P. nebrascensis, P. nelsoni, P. nitescens, P. northamptoni, P. nummularis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. oebergi, P. ostierianus, P. palmyrensis, P. paulensis, P. perlanus, P. perplanus, P. perplanus, P. perplanus, P. perplexus, P. pfaffi, P. philippi, P. platessus, P. plus, P. pollux, P. praebenedictus, P. prebenedictus, P. progresoensis, P. proximus, P. quinquenarius, P. quinuenarius, P. radula, P. reghiensis, P. retiferus, P. revolutus, P. rubidus, P. rubidus, P. sanctae-crucis, P. santamaria, P. simpicius, P. simplicus, P. socialis, P. sparsinodosus, P. spectabilis, P. spitzbergensis, P. stazzanensis, P. stearnsii, P. stearsii, P. subarcuatus, P. subarcuatus, P. subarcutus, P. subarticulatus, P. submalvinae, P. subpunctatus, P. sulcicostata, P. tchibatcheffi, P. textorius, P. texturatus, P. tietzei, P. toulai, P. tournali, P. ussicus, P. vacaensis, P. validus, P. venetianus, P. ventrcosus, P. verbeeki, P. vesseli, P. vexilloides, P. vezzanensis, P. whitfieldi, P. williamsoni, P. zitteli, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. mbalavuensis, P. northamptoni, P. reevei, P. spectabilis, P. subserricosta, P. spinulosa, P. marensis, P. papyraceus, P. sibogai, P. burdigalensis, P. subpleuronectes, P. moodyi, P. cavanus, P. martinsensis, P. ataensis, P. bellhamellatus, P. buchivacoanus, P. digitalinus, P. elegans, P. gloriamarius, P. hastatus, P. historicus, P. inflexus, P. irregularis, P. laetus, P. longolaevis, P. membranosus, P. nausorensis, P. nicholsi, P. raulinia, P. sayanus, P. senatorius, P. tauroperstriatus, P. tauroperstriatus, P. plicus, P. quotidianus, P. vitreus, P. ziczag, P. bosniascki, P. burdigalensis, P. gatunensis, P. serviceus, P. solarium, P. ugolini, P. latissimus, P. hofmanni, P. bifidus, P. soellingensis, P. cristatacostatus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. nicholsi, P. submiguelensis, P. fasciculatus, P. tokyoensis, P. bellulus, P. georgetownensis, P. nodosus, P. pyx, P. caribeus, P. revolutus, P. waluensis, P. waluensis, P. acuticostatus, P. archon, P. burnsi, P. byramensis, P. caribeus, P. catianus, P. fulvicostatus, P. hastatus, P. hemycyclicus, P. jacobaeus, P. leonensis, P. maiquetiensis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. porphyreus, P. remulus, P. revolutus, P. santaecruzensis, P. seguenzai, P. subarcuatus, P. evergladensis, P. cmadoritinctus, P. sinensis, P. tricarinatus
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2013-03-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Pecten meseticus Maury p. 18 figs. pl. 3, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusPecten
speciesmeseticus

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.

Pecten meseticus Maury 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Created: 2004-10-20 00:25:14
Modified: 2004-10-20 02:25:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Pecten meseticus (80200)