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Pecten (Pecten) perplanus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten perplanus was named by Morton (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain]. Its type specimen is LSUGM 8053, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aequipecten perplanus by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) perplanus by Dockery (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pecten perplanus Morton p. 293 figs. pl. 5, fig. 5
1965Aequipecten perplanus Palmer and Brann p. 25
1982Pecten (Pecten) perplanus Dockery p. 46

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusPecten
subgenusPecten
speciesperplanus(Morton 1833)

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 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 Ypresian to the top of the Chattian or 56.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Aequipecten perplanus (99207)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Aequipecten perplanus (91877)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Pecten perplanus (57927)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Pecten perplanus (61113 61114)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Pecten perplanus (5500 5779 5787 5788 5791 74083) Pecten perplanus, Pecten perplanus (5501 5612)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Aequipecten perplanus (98362)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Pecten perplanus (44521)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Pecten perplanus (86499)