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Tucetona pectinata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Arca pectinata was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Glycymeris pectinata by Woodring et al. (1924), De Buisonjé (1974); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata by Woodring (1973); it was recombined as Tucetona pectinata by Richards et al. (1969), Tschudin (2001), Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
T. canalis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris nodosa, T. oculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Arca pectinata Gmelin
1924Glycymeris pectinata Woodring and et al.
1969Tucetona pectinata Richards et al. p. 4
1973Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata Woodring p. 520
1974Glycymeris pectinata De Buisonjé p. 223 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2
2001Tucetona pectinata Tschudin p. 669
2008Tucetona pectinata Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
genusTucetonaIredale 1939
speciespectinata(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.

Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791
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†Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:31:12
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:31:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61166)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris canalis (60670)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Glycymeris pectinata (49492)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Panama Glycymeris pectinata (42600)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61013) Glycymeris canalis (135496)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Glycymeris pectinata (49493)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Zulia) Glycymeris canalis (60627)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Glycymeris pectinata (93044 93045)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris canalis (135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Arca pectinata (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Glycymeris pectinata (42870 94810 111204 136943) Tucetona pectinata (68970)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Glycymeris canalis (134661) Glycymeris pectinata (93059 93170 93172 93176)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Arca pectinata (71883)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Arca pectinata (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61024 61025 61026 61029 61030) Glycymeris canalis (135503 135504)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Glycymeris pectinata (145254 145255 145332)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Glycymeris canalis (131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela Glycymeris pectinata (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61022 61027 61032 61036 61040) Glycimeris democraciana (61039) Glycymeris canalis (135500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Glycymeris canalis (97692)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Curaçao Glycymeris pectinata (209183)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Aruba Glycymeris pectinata (209167 209168)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Glycymeris canalis (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Glycymeris pectinata (41541 41543 41544 41554)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Tucetona pectinata (60416)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Glycymeris canalis (133226 133234)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Arca pectinata (72316 72317)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Glycymeris canalis (134673 134680)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Arca pectinata (72303)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Glycymeris pectinata (61293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Glycymeris pectinata (59484 59487)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Tucetona pectinata (131237)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Tucetona pectinata (132644)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Glycymeris pectinata (41205)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Glycymeris pectinata (60944)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Glycymeris pectinata (60880)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Tucetona pectinata (131267)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Glycymeris pectinata (61310 67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Glycymeris pectinata (67964)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Glycymeris pectinata (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Glycymeris pectinata (60927 66757 66758 66760) Tucetona pectinata (79956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Glycymeris pectinata (67967)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Glycymeris pectinata (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Dominica Glycymeris pectinata (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glycymeris pectinata (34269 61311) Tucetona pectinata (69034 70010 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Glycymeris pectinata (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Glycymeris pectinata (88886)