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Aequipecten comparilis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten comparilis was named by Tuomey and Holmes (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Late Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten eboreus comparilis by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis by Mansfield (1932) and Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) comparilis by Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Chlamys (Aequipecten) comparilis by Gardner (1943) and DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Aequipecten comparilis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Pecten comparilis Tuomey and Holmes p. 29 figs. pl. 11, figs. 6-10
1898Pecten eboreus comparilis Dall p. 750
1932Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis Mansfield p. 61
1936Pecten (Chlamys) comparilis Mansfield p. 174
1943Chlamys (Aequipecten) comparilis Gardner p. 37
1953Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis Olsson and Harbison p. 55
1958Chlamys (Aequipecten) comparilis DuBar p. 159
2008Aequipecten comparilis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciescomparilis(Tuomey and Holmes 1855)

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.

Aequipecten comparilis Tuomey and Holmes 1855
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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: 2009-09-09 08:17:08
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamys comparilis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Chlamys comparilis (59484 59486 59487 59489 59491 61155 123549)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Chlamys comparilis (41501 79333 79334 79335 79337)