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Placopecten magellanicus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea magellanica was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Placopecten magellanicus by Richards (1962), Gibson (1987), Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys princeps, P. promollitus, P. protomollitus, P. todaniensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Ostrea magellanica Gmelin p. 3317
1962Placopecten magellanicus Richards p. 55
1987Placopecten magellanicus Gibson p. 62
2008Placopecten magellanicus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusPlacopecten(Verrill 1897)
speciesmagellanicus(Gmelin 1791)

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Placopecten magellanicus (52582)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Placopecten magellanicus (66379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Placopecten magellanicus (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Placopecten magellanicus (96681)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Placopecten magellanicus (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Placopecten magellanicus (80043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Placopecten magellanicus (66532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Placopecten magellanicus (66630)