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Oppenheimopecten hartmanni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Pecten) hartmanni was named by Hertlein (1925). Its type specimen is LSJU (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Janira) hartmanni by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Oppenheimopecten hartmanni by Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. aduncus, O. revolutus, Pecten caribeus, Pecten revolutus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pecten (Pecten) hartmanni Hertlein figs. pl. 1, figs. 4, 6
1931Pecten (Janira) hartmanni Grant, IV and Gale p. 229
1984Oppenheimopecten hartmanni Moore pp. B76 - B77 figs. Plate 33, figure 4

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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
genusOppenheimopecten(von Teppner 1922)
specieshartmanni()

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.

†Oppenheimopecten hartmanni Hertlein 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. G. Hertlein 1925Right valve excessively arched, ornamented by about 16 or 17 rounded radiating ribs which become flattened toward the ventral margin of the shell ; anterior and posterior margins highly arcuate, smooth except for faint lines of growth ; ears somewhat convex and turned up slightly at the ends, the anterior sculptured by about four poorly defined radiating riblets which are crossed by concentric incremental lines, and cut by a slight byssal notch; left ear with a few faint radial riblets and slight concentric striae. Altitude 75 mm. ; longitude 65 mm. ; diameter of right valve approximately 30 mm. ; apical angle of right valve approximately 88°.
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 08:08:03
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:08:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available