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Flabellipecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Flabellipecten was named by Sacco (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pecten (Flabellipecten) by Cooke (1919) and Marasti (1973).

It was assigned to Pecten by Cooke (1919) and Marasti (1973); to Pectinidae by Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), del Rio (1992) and Todd (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Flabellipecten Sacco
1919Pecten (Flabellipecten) Cooke pp. 140, 141 figs. pl. 11, figs. 10 a, b
1973Pecten (Flabellipecten) Marasti p. 105
1982Flabellipecten Woodring p. 581
1984Flabellipecten Moore p. B71
1992Flabellipecten del Rio p. 21
2001Flabellipecten Todd
2002Flabellipecten Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusFlabellipectenSacco 1897

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. Flabellipecten Sacco 1897
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Invalid names: Amussiopecten woodringi Masuda 1971 [synonym]
†Flabellipecten beali Hertlein 1925
†Flabellipecten bosei Hanna and Hertlein 1927
†Flabellipecten duplex Cooke 1919
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841
†Flabellipecten hawleyi Hertlein 1925
†Flabellipecten merriami Arnold 1906
†Flabellipecten oblongus Philippi 1893
†Flabellipecten refugioensis Hertlein 1925
†Flabellipecten ugolinii Déperet and Roam 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: ER, SW, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 08:07:50
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:07:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Gelasian or 66.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Pecten sericeus (89866)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary F. telegdirothi, F. angustiformis, F. burdigalensis (8338)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama F. antiguensis (42577 42580)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda F. antiguensis (96443) Pecten antiguensis (80290)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Colombia (La Guajira) Pecten duplex (42770)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico F. antiguensis (93675)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary F. burdigalensis, F. angustiformis (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama F. antiguensis (42558)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (60674 60797 61164)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama F. antiguensis (42603 42629 93239)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (61178)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt F. schweinfurthi (34913 34914 34915 34917 34918 34919)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (60669)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Cyprus Pecten burdigalensis (71876)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Pecten sendanensis (70085)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Libya F. schweinfurthi (42133)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland F. solarium, F. besseri (51688)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Pecten solarium (60289 60291)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France F. solarium (34609)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Aquitaine) F. solarium (88798)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece F. incrassatus, Pecten ugolini, F. fraterculus (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania F. besseri (72245 72246 72248 72253 72259) F. besseri, F. leythajanus (72243 72250 72251 72252 72254) F. besseri, F. leythajanus, F. flabelliformis (72244 72247 72249)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland F. besseri, F. solarium (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia F. besseri (145967) F. leythajanus (73140) F. solarium, F. besseri (73137 145973) F. sp. (145906 145975)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia F. sp. (145937) F. sp., F. besseri, F. leythajanus (145966)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) F. duwelzi (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar F. waterloti (51586)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Pecten fraterculus, Pecten ugolinii (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) F. sp. (79790 79791 79834 79984 79995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece F. incrassatus, Pecten ugolini, F. fraterculus (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Pecten bosniascki (71905)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco F. fraterculus (173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama F. sp. (61335 61342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) F. sp. (136007)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco F. fraterculus (173160 173166 173167)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina F. pyramidesensis (71559 71566 71574 71578)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti F. gatunense (60114)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria F. fraterculus (70885)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece F. nigromagnus (72311)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) F. sp. (79855)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten carrizoensis (96541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten serviceus (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Pecten sp. (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten carrizoensis (96539 96543 96544 96546) Pecten merriami (208198)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Algeria F. fraterculus (168391)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece F. alessii, F. bosniaskii, F. flabelliformis, F. nigromagnus (72318) F. nigromagnus (72317)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) F. sp. (79777)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten carrizoensis (43685) Pecten refugioensis (43680)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja) Pecten refugioensis (66170 66174)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece F. alessii, F. flabelliformis (72414) F. flabelliformis (51508 51509 51510)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) F. sp. (61339 61340 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Algeria (Relizane) F. flabelliformis, F. fraterculus (168387)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) F. sp. (61341 79983)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten sericeus (51878)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten sericeus (51879)