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Placopecten clintonius

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten clintonius was named by Say (1824) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys (Placopecten) clintonius by Verrill (1897) and Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Pecten (Placopecten) clintonius by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) clintonius by Glenn (1904) and Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Placopecten clintonius clintonius by Gibson (1987); it was recombined as Placopecten clintonius by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. promollitus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Pecten clintonius Say p. 135 figs. Plate 9, Fig. 2
1897Chlamys (Placopecten) clintonius Verrill p. 78
1898Pecten (Placopecten) clintonius Dall p. 725
1904Pecten (Chlamys) clintonius Glenn p. 375
1936Pecten (Chlamys) clintonius Mansfield p. 174
1943Chlamys (Placopecten) clintonius Gardner p. 37
1987Placopecten clintonius clintonius Gibson p. 59
2008Placopecten clintonius Hendy et al.

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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
genusPlacopecten(Verrill 1897)
speciesclintonius(Say 1824)

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.

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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 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: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 13.82000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Pecten clintonius (55396)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Placopecten clintonius (59300)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Placopecten clintonius (71620 71624)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Placopecten clintonius (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Pecten clintonius (59293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Placopecten clintonius (79247 79709 80038 80040)