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Pecten maxima
Taxonomy
Ostrea maxima was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pecten.
It was recombined as Pecten maximus by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pecten maxima by Müller (1776), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Pecten maximus by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pecten maxima by Müller (1776), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acanikos, P. albertii, P. arachnoideus, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. radula, P. spitzbergensis, P. tournali, P. validus, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. northamptoni, P. cavanus, P. bellhamellatus, P. nicholsi, P. quotidianus, P. bosniascki, P. serviceus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. byramensis, P. santaecruzensis, P. evergladensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Ostrea maxima Linnaeus |
| 1776 | Pecten maxima Müller |
| 1850 | Pecten maximus Wood p. 22 |
| 2001 | Pecten maxima Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 285 |
| 2004 | Pecten maxima Spencer et al. |
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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.
Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Pecten maximus (84755 84763 84795) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pecten maximus (84759 84798 84819) | |
| Piacenzian | Algeria | Pecten maximus (238090 238135) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain | Pecten maximus (128383) | |
| Pleistocene | Morocco | Pecten maximus (127624) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Pecten maximus (178118) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | Pecten maximus (88773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Pecten maximus (76577 96706) |