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Pecten elixatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten elixatus was named by Conrad (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; North Carolina]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys vezzanensis, P. acanikos, P. acuteauritus, P. aequiplicatus, P. aequisulcatiis, P. aequivalvis, P. aknerianus, P. albertii, P. amaliae, P. amenensis, P. antiguensis, P. antiquatus, P. arachnoideus, P. asellus, P. assiniboiensis, P. basselli, P. beaveri, P. beethami, P. bellula, P. bellus, P. benedictus, P. beudanti, P. biddeleana, P. bielzianus, P. bifidus, P. bipartitus, P. bipartitus, P. burdigalensis, P. burnsii, P. byoritzuensis, P. byramensis, P. cailliaudi, P. cartieri, P. catherina, P. cereadica, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. chickaria, P. clevei, P. coderensis, P. complanatus, P. concavus, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. cristatus, P. daudeleus, P. diegensis, P. diffluxus, P. diffuluxus, P. discites, P. dispar, P. dorothea, P. dunkeri, P. dutemplei, P. dutempli, P. dutrugei, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. eboreus, P. engrammatus, P. erythraeensis, P. estrellanus, P. etchegoini, P. fimbriatus, P. fischeri, P. fisheri, P. fraasi, P. frondosus, P. fucanus, P. fuchsi, P. furcanus, P. fuschi, P. gibbus, P. glyptus, P. grandis, P. grayi, P. grayi, P. groenlandicus, P. harmeri, P. hastalus, P. hastatus, P. hedonia, P. hellii, P. herrmannseni, P. hiemalis, P. hochstetteri, P. howei, P. howei, P. incongruus, P. interlineatus, P. inversum, P. jacobaeus, P. jacobaeus, P. jacobeus, P. jcaunensis, P. jeffersonius, P. jugosus, P. juhanus, P. kochi, P. laevicostatus, P. lakemba, P. lamellosus, P. lenzi, P. madisonius, P. madisonus, P. marvilensis, P. marylandica, P. membranacens, P. membranosus, P. microglyptus, P. miguelensis, P. modestus, P. moreanus, P. naganumanus, P. nebrascensis, P. nelsoni, P. nitescens, P. northamptoni, P. nummularis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. oebergi, P. ostierianus, P. palmyrensis, P. paulensis, P. perlanus, P. perplanus, P. perplanus, P. perplanus, P. perplexus, P. pfaffi, P. philippi, P. platessus, P. plus, P. pollux, P. praebenedictus, P. prebenedictus, P. progresoensis, P. proximus, P. quinquenarius, P. quinuenarius, P. radula, P. reghiensis, P. retiferus, P. revolutus, P. rubidus, P. rubidus, P. sanctae-crucis, P. santamaria, P. simpicius, P. simplicus, P. socialis, P. sparsinodosus, P. spectabilis, P. spitzbergensis, P. stazzanensis, P. stearnsii, P. stearsii, P. subarcuatus, P. subarcuatus, P. subarcutus, P. subarticulatus, P. submalvinae, P. subpunctatus, P. sulcicostata, P. tchibatcheffi, P. textorius, P. texturatus, P. tietzei, P. toulai, P. tournali, P. ussicus, P. vacaensis, P. validus, P. venetianus, P. ventrcosus, P. verbeeki, P. vesseli, P. vexilloides, P. vezzanensis, P. whitfieldi, P. williamsoni, P. zitteli, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. mbalavuensis, P. northamptoni, P. reevei, P. spectabilis, P. subserricosta, P. spinulosa, P. marensis, P. papyraceus, P. sibogai, P. burdigalensis, P. subpleuronectes, P. moodyi, P. cavanus, P. martinsensis, P. ataensis, P. bellhamellatus, P. buchivacoanus, P. digitalinus, P. elegans, P. gloriamarius, P. hastatus, P. historicus, P. inflexus, P. irregularis, P. laetus, P. longolaevis, P. membranosus, P. nausorensis, P. nicholsi, P. raulinia, P. sayanus, P. senatorius, P. tauroperstriatus, P. tauroperstriatus, P. plicus, P. quotidianus, P. vitreus, P. ziczag, P. bosniascki, P. burdigalensis, P. gatunensis, P. serviceus, P. solarium, P. ugolini, P. latissimus, P. hofmanni, P. bifidus, P. soellingensis, P. cristatacostatus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. nicholsi, P. submiguelensis, P. fasciculatus, P. tokyoensis, P. bellulus, P. georgetownensis, P. nodosus, P. pyx, P. caribeus, P. revolutus, P. waluensis, P. waluensis, P. acuticostatus, P. archon, P. burnsi, P. byramensis, P. caribeus, P. catianus, P. fulvicostatus, P. hastatus, P. hemycyclicus, P. jacobaeus, P. leonensis, P. maiquetiensis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. ochlockoneensis, P. porphyreus, P. remulus, P. revolutus, P. santaecruzensis, P. seguenzai, P. subarcuatus, P. evergladensis, P. cmadoritinctus, P. sinensis, P. tricarinatus
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-02-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pecten elixatus Conrad p. 174
1919Pecten elixatus Harris pp. 15, 16
1926Pecten elixatus Kellum p. 35
1943Pecten elixatus Richards p. 519

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusPecten
specieselixatusConrad 1846

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 elixatus Conrad 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-10-20 00:25:14
Modified: 2004-10-20 02:25:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.03000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Pecten elixatus (91762)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Pecten elixatus (98986)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Pecten elixatus (71652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Pecten elixatus (41991)