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Aequipectinini

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Aequipectini was named by Nordsieck (1969). It is extant.

It was corrected as Aequipectinini by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Chlamydinae by Marquet and Dijkstra (2000), Coan et al. (2000); to Pedinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pectininae by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aequipectini Nordsieck
2000Aequipectini Coan et al. pp. 229, 234
2000Aequipectini Marquet and Dijkstra p. 40
2010Aequipectinini Bouchet et al.
2011Aequipectinini Carter et al. p. 9

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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
tribeAequipectinini(Nordsieck 1969)
tribeAequipectinini(Nordsieck 1969)

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.

Tr. Aequipectinini Nordsieck 1969
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G. †Chagrepecten Waller 2011
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†Chagrepecten dallasi Jordan and Hertlein 1926
G. Lindapecten Petuch 1988
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†Lindapecten acanikos Gardner 1926
†Lindapecten baitoanensis Waller 2011
†Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927
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Invalid names: Pecten exasperatus Sowerby 1842 [synonym], Pecten fuscopurpureus Conrad 1849 [synonym]
†Lindapecten paramuscosus Waller 2011
†Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
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Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) maracaibensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 [synonym]
G. †Zamorapecten Waller 2011
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†Zamorapecten maoensis Waller 2011
†Zamorapecten zamorensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (170 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Dominican Republic Lindapecten baitoaensis (84991)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Chlamys acanikos (79773 79775 79776)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica Aequipecten plurinominis (92098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic Lindapecten baitoaensis (74962 131503)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Lindapecten buchivacoanus (156751 156753 156791 156794 156796 156797 157977 160770 160798 160799 160815)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Georgia) Pecten chipolanus (42109)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Pecten acanikos (42222 42223 42379 42419 42420 42426 42427) Pecten chipolanus (42281 42290 42328 42366 42367 42422 42443) Pecten chipolanus, Pecten acanikos (41760 42225 42250 42421 42424 42425 42428)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Lindapecten buchivacoanus (136885 160796 160966)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Lindapecten baitoaensis (93680 93773 131477 131499 131500 131504 131505 131506)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Aequipecten canalis (42601 42604 93044) Aequipecten plurinominis (52173)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) Aequipecten plurinominis (96516)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten buchivacoanus (61034 61156 135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Pecten acanikos (94810)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Aequipecten plurinominis (145196 145197 145332 145357 145567 145568)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Lindapecten plurinominis (131378 131381 131382 131468 131475 131509 131510)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Aequipecten plurinominis (136016)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten buchivacoanus (61024 61025 61026 61029 61030 61043 61169 61175 135499 135503 135504)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Pecten buchivacoanus (131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Chlamys plurinominis (60107 60111) Pecten buchivacoanus (60095)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Chagrepecten cactaceus (96499)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Aruba Aequipecten muscosus (209167 209168 209170 209171)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Netherlands Antilles Aequipecten muscosus (209175 209177 209183 209187)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten buchivacoanus (61044)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Cryptopecten cactaceus (60699 60700 60701 60702)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chagrepecten paracactaceus (75041) Lindapecten paramuscosus (84952 84966 131655 131658) Lindapecten paramuscosus, Lindapecten plurinominis (89559 131497) Lindapecten plurinominis (75042 84983 84984 84986 84989 89564 90619 93717 94006 94099 94106 131374 131387 131392 131494 131496 131675)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lindapecten paramuscosus (74967 75036 75037 75038 75043 89542) Lindapecten plurinominis (89563)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chagrepecten paracactaceus (93691 93715) Lindapecten paramuscosus (80084 80136 93640 93795) Lindapecten plurinominis (74968 74970 90620 93733 93735 93737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja) Chlamys dallasi (66170 66174)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic Zamorapecten maoensis (94137)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) Lindapecten sp. (136994 157969 159142)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Aequipecten plurinominis (69089 69093 69094) Chlamys plurinominis (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Zamorapecten maoensis (93612)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Lindapecten harrisi (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41501 69029 79331 79336 80025 80355 80359)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Pecten exasperatus (80304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Aequipecten muscosus (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamys fuscopurpureus (41715)