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Pecten (Plesiopecten)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pecten (Plesiopecten) Munier-Chalmas

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusPecten
subgenusPlesiopectenMunier-Chalmas 1887

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.

Subg. †Pecten (Plesiopecten) Munier-Chalmas 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height112.7

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 184.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Spondylopecten subspinosus (25673 25778 25779 25780)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain Spondylopecten subspinosus (25880)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Plesiopecten abjectus (38740)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Spondylopecten subspinosus (24050)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Egypt Pecten subspinosus (171262)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Spondylopecten subspinosus (34608)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany Plesiopecten bouchardi (13368 13377 13389)