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Argopecten gibbus (Atlantic calico scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten gibbus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea gibba by Linnaeus (1758); it was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus by Dall (1898), Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus by Woodring et al. (1924), DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Pecten (Aequipecten) gibbus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) gibbus by Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Aequipecten gibbus by Richards et al. (1969); it was recombined as Argopecten gibbus by Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea gibba Linnaeus
1822Pecten dislocatus Say
1860Pecten dislocatus Holmes p. 12
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus Dall p. 745
1924Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus Woodring and et al.
1931Pecten (Aequipecten) gibbus Grant, IV and Gale p. 215
1936Pecten (Chlamys) gibbus Mansfield p. 189
1943Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus Gardner p. 31
1958Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus DuBar p. 159
1969Aequipecten gibbus Richards et al. p. 4
2009Argopecten gibbus Massemin et al. p. 286

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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
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesgibbus()

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.

Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 [Atlantic calico scallop]
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Invalid names: Pecten dislocatus Say 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 04:58:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Pecten gibbus (59738)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Chlamys gibbus (112596)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Chlamys gibbus (41541 41543 41544 41545 41546 41551 41555)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Aequipecten gibbus (60412 60415 60417)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Chlamys gibbus (60895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Argopecten gibbus (131210)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chlamys gibbus (80002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Pecten gibbus (59317 59318)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Pecten gibbus (80304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Colombia Pecten gibbus (97679)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Chlamys gibbus (60883 60890) Pecten gibbus (66813 66817)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Aequipecten gibbus (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Argopecten gibbus (57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Argopecten gibbus (96538) Pecten gibbus (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Argopecten gibbus (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten gibbus (96895)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Argopecten gibbus (69046) Chlamys gibbus (60928 60930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Argopecten gibbus (41935 92776)