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Acanthopecten coloradoensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten coloradoensis was named by Newberry (1861).

It was recombined as Acanthopecten coloradoensis by Newell (1938), Chronic (1952), Walter (1953), Ciriacks (1963), Newell and Boyd (1995) and Quiroz-Barroso et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. grandis, A. nobilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pecten coloradoensis Newberry
1938Acanthopecten coloradoensis Newell p. 75 figs. Pl 12, figs 7,13-15
1952Acanthopecten coloradoensis Chronic p. 144 figs. Pl 8, fig 8
1953Acanthopecten coloradoensis Walter p. 694 figs. Pl 72, fig 14
1963Acanthopecten coloradoensis Ciriacks p. 52 figs. Pl 7, figs 8-11
1995Acanthopecten coloradoensis Newell and Boyd p. 45 figs. 32, 33
2012Acanthopecten coloradoensis Quiroz-Barroso et al. p. 171 figs. 4.9-4.12

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyLimipectinidaeNewell and Boyd 1990
subfamilyAcanthopectininae()
genusAcanthopecten
speciescoloradoensis(Newberry 1861)

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.

†Acanthopecten coloradoensis Newberry 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height1427.810.066.727.318.7

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico Acanthopecten coloradoensis (117974)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (43491 43495 43497 43513 43515 75881 81592 81633 81638 101785 105931)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Wyoming) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (87155)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (43548 43551 43553 43563 81693 101782 102605 102611 102616 105726 105807 105887)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Nevada) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (81997)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Acanthopecten coloradoensis (109636 113876)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (39999)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (43550 105764 105977)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Acanthopecten coloradoensis (114493 114494)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Montana) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (105346)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Utah) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (86531)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Wyoming) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (105342 105350 105364 105366)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Montana) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (105335 105369)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Wyoming) Acanthopecten coloradoensis (82435 96805 105352)