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Delectopecten lillisi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Pseudamusium) lillisi was named by Hertlein (1934). Its type specimen is CAS 6062, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1874, Crow Creek Road, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene marine diatomite in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.

It was recombined as Delectopecten lillisi by Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. kamtschatica, D. keaseyorum, D. pellucides, D. praepedroanus, D. utcholokensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pecten (Pseudamusium) lillisi Hertlein pp. 5-6 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
1984Delectopecten lillisi Moore p. B14 figs. Plate 3, figures 1-3

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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
subfamilyCamptonectinaeHabe 1977
genusDelectopecten()
specieslillisi()

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.

†Delectopecten lillisi Hertlein 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:15:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:15:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Delectopecten lillisi (52629 52630)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (California) Pecten lillisi (238332)