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Aequipecten paranensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten paranensis was named by d'Orbigny (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys paranensis by Camacho (1966); it was recombined as Aequipecten paranensis by del Rio (1992), del Rio (2004), Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aequivalvis, A. alternicostatus, A. andersoni, A. angelonii, A. angelonii, A. arachnoideus, A. beaveri, A. bollenensis, A. bouchardi, A. camaretensis, A. camperilis, A. camperis, A. circularis, A. duwelzi, A. eboerus, A. elegans, A. ephippium, A. fuscopurpureus, A. girondicus, A. harveri, A. insuetus, A. intercedens, A. interstriatus, A. kotsubu, A. liberata, A. liberatus, A. magneauritus, A. misolensis, A. northamptoni, A. opecularis, A. opercolaris, A. opercularis, A. operularis, A. palinurus, A. paraensis, A. perplanus, A. plurinominis, A. plurinomis, A. pluronimus, A. radians, A. raymondi, A. scabrella, A. seniensis, A. subarmatus, A. subfibrosus, A. submalvinae, A. toyorensis, A. uloa, A. validus, A. vulgaris, A. zenonis, A. zitteli, A. eboreus, A. evergladensis, A. maturensis, A. rutamensis, A. tamiamiensis, Chlamys angelonii, Chlamys arachnoideus, Chlamys ature, Chlamys benedictus, Chlamys clinchfieldensis, Chlamys cocoana, Chlamys corymbiatus, Chlamys deleta, Chlamys deshayesi, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys exageratus, Chlamys farsanensis, Chlamys flabellum, Chlamys flava, Chlamys jackloweciana, Chlamys judaica, Chlamys lessepsii, Chlamys martini, Chlamys menkei, Chlamys multistriata, Chlamys nebrodensis, Chlamys octoplicoides, Chlamys perrugosa, Chlamys prototransquebaricus, Chlamys quinquepartita, Chlamys rhodopianus, Chlamys spillmani, Chlamys spinulosa, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys tchichatcheffi, Chlamys tella, Chlamys tjaringinensis, Lyropecten wisniowskii, Pecten arachnoideus, Pecten kikaiensis, Pecten mbalavuensis, Pecten northamptoni, Pecten reevei, Pecten spectabilis, Pecten subserricosta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pecten paranensis d'Orbigny p. 132 figs. pl. 7, figs. 5-9
1966Chlamys paranensis Camacho p. 66
1992Aequipecten paranensis del Rio pp. 32-33
2004Aequipecten paranensis del Rio p. 1119
2008Aequipecten paranensis Griffin and Nielsen p. 26

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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
speciesparanensis(d'Orbigny 1842)

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 paranensis d'Orbigny 1842
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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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Tortonian or 23.04000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Argentina Pecten paranensis (45887)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pecten paranensis (54123)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina Aequipecten paranensis (41478 41481 41483 41485)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Pecten paranensis (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina Aequipecten paranensis (71544 71546 71547 71548 71549 71550 71552 71554 71556 71557 71560 71561 71562 71563 71565 71567 71568 71569 71570 71571 71573 71575 71576 71577 71579 71581)