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Delectopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Palliolum (Delectopecten) was named by Stewart (1930). It is extant. Its type is Pecten (Pseudamussium) vancouverensis.

It was Hyalopecten (Delectopecten) by Woodring (1938); it was Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) by Faustman (1964), Rombouts (1991) and Rombouts (1991); it was Chlamys (Delectopecten) by Tebble (1976); it was reranked as Delectopecten by Moore (1984), Coan et al. (2000), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001), Todd (2001), Beu and Darragh (2001), Marquet (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Spencer et al. (2004), Kiel (2006), del Rio et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Hyalopecten by Woodring (1938); to Palliolum by Stewart (1930), Durham (1944), Jung (1971); to Chlamys by Tebble (1976); to Cyclopecten by Faustman (1964), Rombouts (1991) and Rombouts (1991); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palliolinae by Marquet (2002); to Pectinidae by Moore (1984), Todd (2001), Kiel (2006); and to Camptonectinae by Coan et al. (2000), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001), Beu and Darragh (2001), Spencer et al. (2004), del Rio et al. (2008).

Subtaxa

D. alternilineatus, D. crassistriatus, D. harfordus, D. lillisi, D. maddreni, D. musorstomi, D. neuquenensis, D. peckhami, D. pedroanus (syn. Plagiostoma truncata, Plagiostoma annulatus), D. randolphi, D. terryi, D. vancouverensis, D. vitreus (syn. Pecten abyssorum, Chlamys chaperi), Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum

Synonyms

Plagiostoma pedroana was named by Trask (1856). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten pedroanus by Gabb (1869); it was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamusium) pedroana by Arnold (1906); it was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Moore (1984).
Plagiostoma annulatus was named by Trask (1856).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Delectopecten pedroanus by Moore (1984).
Plagiostoma truncata was named by Trask (1856).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Delectopecten pedroanus by Moore (1984).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Plagiostoma annulatus Trask p. 86 figs. Plate III, Fig. 2
1856	Plagiostoma pedroana Trask p. 86 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1
1856	Plagiostoma truncata Trask p. 86 figs. Plate III, Fig. 3
1869	Pecten pedroanus Gabb p. 60
1906	Pecten (Pseudamusium) pedroana Arnold p. 90
1930	Palliolum (Delectopecten) Stewart pp. 118 - 119
1931	Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus Grant, IV and Gale p. 236
1938	Hyalopecten (Delectopecten) Woodring p. 35
1944	Palliolum (Delectopecten) Durham p. 138
1964	Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) Faustman p. 115
1971	Palliolum (Delectopecten) Jung p. 166
1976	Chlamys (Delectopecten) Tebble p. 64
1984	Delectopecten Moore p. B13
1991	Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) Rombouts p. 78
2000	Delectopecten Coan et al. p. 227
2001	Delectopecten Beu and Darragh p. 35
2001	Delectopecten Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 269
2001	Delectopecten Todd
2002	Delectopecten Marquet
2002	Delectopecten Sepkoski
2004	Delectopecten Spencer et al.
2006	Delectopecten Kiel p. 133
2008	Delectopecten del Rio et al. p. 286

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
subfamily	Camptonectinae	Habe 1977
genus	Delectopecten	()

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.

G. Delectopecten Stewart 1930

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†Delectopecten alternilineatus Clark 1918

Delectopecten crassistriatus Beu and Darragh 2001

†Delectopecten harfordus Davis 1913

†Delectopecten lillisi Hertlein 1934

Delectopecten maddreni MacNeil 1967

Delectopecten musorstomi Poutiers 1981

†Delectopecten neuquenensis del Rio et al. 2008

†Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869

Delectopecten randolphi Dall 1897

Delectopecten randolphi tillamookensis Arnold 1906