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Delectopecten vancouverensis (Vancouver scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Pseudamussium) vancouverensis was named by Whiteaves (1893) [DISTRIBUTION: Alaska-Sonora, Mexico, Kamchatka-Japan (Recent); western North American (Late Miocene).]. It is extant. It is the type species of Palliolum (Delectopecten).

It was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis by Whiteaves (1893), Arnold (1906), Clark and Arnold (1923); it was recombined as Palliolum (Delectopecten) vancouverensis by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus vancouverensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Hyalopecten vancouverensis by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Delectopecten vancouverensis by Moore (1984), Coan et al. (2000), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001), del Rio et al. (2008), Hendy (2021).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Whiteaves p. 133
1906Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Arnold p. 140
1923Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Clark and Arnold p. 140
1930Palliolum (Delectopecten) vancouverensis Stewart p. 118
1931Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus vancouverensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 238
1946Hyalopecten vancouverensis Woodring et al.
1984Delectopecten vancouverensis Moore pp. 16, 17
2000Delectopecten vancouverensis Coan et al. p. 227
2001Delectopecten vancouverensis Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 269
2008Delectopecten vancouverensis del Rio et al. p. 286
2021Delectopecten vancouverensis Hendy

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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()
speciesvancouverensis(Whiteaves 1893)

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 vancouverensis Whiteaves 1893 [Vancouver scallop]
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Hyalopecten vancouverensis (202972 202973 202987 223309 223310 223312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Delectopecten vancouverensis (200653)