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Pecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Pecten was named by Müller (1776) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Ostrea maxima.

It was assigned to Pectenidae by Böhm and Weisfermel (1913); to Pectinini by Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pectinidae by Meek (1864), Stanton (1895), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Clark and Arnold (1923), Nagao (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), DuBar (1958), Faustman (1964), da Silva Forti (1969), Marasti (1973), Dockery (1982), Moore (1984), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Gibson (1987), Ward (1992), Perrilliat (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); and to Pectininae by Coan et al. (2000), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).

Species

P. (Fortipecten), P. (Hemientolium), P. (Janira), P. (Neithea), P. (Oopecten), P. (Pecten), P. (Plesiopecten), P. (Propeamusium), P. (Propeamussium), P. (Radiopecten), P. (Swiftopecten), P. (Syncyclonema), P. (Vola), P. aduncus (syn. P. vigolensis), P. afribenedictus, P. alcesianus, P. alpha, P. ambongoensis, P. amphidoxus, P. amuricus, P. andreaei, P. angustecostatus, P. argentarius, P. argillensis, P. arpadicus, P. asper, P. asperulatus, P. assinboiensis, P. aurantiacus, P. avaricus, P. aviculoides, P. aztecus, P. azzarolae, P. badioticus, P. barbatus, P. barnensis, P. barretti, P. bavaricus, P. breislakii, P. buruticus, P. cadwalladerensis, P. californicus, P. camuycenicus, P. cancellans, P. catilliformis, P. cawcawensis, P. ceibanus, P. chabrangensis, P. ciampini, P. cislonensis, P. clarkeanus, P. clarkensis, P. clignetti, P. coderensis, P. collapsus, P. concentricestriatus, P. concentristriatus, P. constrictus, P. coosensis, P. coralliphila, P. coronatus, P. crispulus, P. danicus, P. deformis, P. deformis, P. dendyi, P. discites, P. dislocatus, P. disparatus, P. elixatus, P. eseri, P. eurasiaticus, P. expansus, P. falgeri, P. fissicosta, P. flemingianus, P. foipiani, P. fumata, P. fumatus (syn. P. bifidus), P. gabbi, P. gramamensis, P. grapteus, P. guajatacus, P. hallensis, P. halli, P. hammeri, P. hemicyclicus, P. hornensis, P. humphreysii, P. imparicostatus, P. inaequalis, P. incognitus, P. inconspicuus, P. inexpectans, P. intercedens, P. jacobaea, P. jamoignensis, P. janirula, P. johnstrupi, P. jugleri, P. kyushuensis, P. lasseni, P. liebigii, P. liscaviensis, P. lohbergensis, P. lowei, P. margaritiferus, P. margheritae, P. marginiplicatus, P. massalongi, P. maxima, P. mayeri, P. mclellani, P. meekii, P. mentzeliae, P. meseticus, P. morrisi, P. mysicus, P. nearchi, P. nerei (syn. P. auristriatus, P. interstriatus), P. nodulifer, P. novaezelandiae, P. nugenti, P. nuperus, P. obsoletus, P. octoplicatus, P. palmipes, P. pascoei, P. peisonis, P. pictus, P. pilgrimi, P. plebeia, P. pontiamnis, P. praemissus, P. priscus, P. proeteus, P. protei (syn. P. raricostatus, P. sandbergeri, P. granulocostatus, P. octoplectus), P. proteus, P. pseudobeudanti, P. pseudosolarium, P. pulchricosta, P. punctatus, P. raoulensis, P. renevieri, P. reticulatus, P. retiolum, P. rigida, P. rinki, P. rosaliae, P. sansebastianus, P. santarosanus, P. sarajevensis, P. saskatchewanensis, P. schlosseri, P. schlotheimi, P. schmiederi, P. schroeteri, P. seabeensis, P. sealyi, P. securis, P. sedanensis, P. seebachi, P. sichoticus, P. silentiensis, P. stenodictyus, P. stewartianus, P. subaequicostatus, P. subalternans (syn. P. alternans, P. moniliferus), P. subalternicostatus, P. subauriculatus, P. subconcentricus, P. subcutiformis, P. subdemissus, P. subdivisus, P. subgranulosus, P. subrufus, P. suwanneensis, P. tenuistriatus, P. terebratuloides, P. thaumastus, P. transdanubialis, P. trebevicianus, P. triradiatus, P. tubulifer (syn. P. decoratus), P. tyaughtonae, P. undiferus, P. vajolettensis, P. vanwinkleae, P. vasseli, P. vaughani, P. venustulus, P. verdachellensis, P. verrucosus, P. veszprimiensis, P. vetulus, P. vigintisulcatus, P. volaris, P. wattsi, P. wendelli, P. winkleri, P. zannichelli

Synonyms

Notovola was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pecten by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
Pecten catilliformis was named by Conrad (1855).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Arnold (1906).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1776	Pecten Müller p. 248
1855	Pecten catilliformis Conrad p. 20 figs. pi. viii, fig. 83
1864	Pecten Meek p. 46
1895	Pecten Stanton p. 35
1904	Pecten Glenn p. 372
1906	Pecten Arnold p. 45
1913	Pecten Böhm and Weisfermel p. 63
1923	Pecten Clark and Arnold p. 139
1926	Notovola Finlay
1928	Pecten Nagao p. 37
1931	Pecten Grant, IV and Gale p. 154
1943	Pecten Gardner p. 30
1944	Pecten Durham p. 137
1958	Pecten DuBar p. 158
1964	Pecten Faustman p. 115
1969	Pecten da Silva Forti p. 73
1973	Pecten Marasti p. 103
1982	Pecten Dockery pp. 42, 45
1984	Pecten Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 95
1984	Pecten Moore p. B67
1987	Pecten Gibson p. 43
1992	Pecten Lamprell and Whitehead p. 32
1992	Pecten Perrilliat p. 7
1992	Pecten Ward p. 67
2000	Pecten Coan et al. pp. 224, 225
2001	Pecten Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 285
2002	Notovola Sepkoski
2002	Pecten Sepkoski
2004	Pecten Spencer et al.
2004	Pecten Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2006	Pecten Beu p. 194
2010	Pecten Bouchet et al.
2016	Pecten Morales-Ortega et al. p. 14

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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	Pectininae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Pecten

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. Pecten Müller 1776

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Subg. Pecten (Fortipecten) Yabe et al. 1940

Subg. †Pecten (Hemientolium) Hyatt 1892

Subg. Pecten (Janira) Schumacher 1817

†Janira doumerci Peron 1877

Subg. †Pecten (Neithea) Meek 1864

†Pecten (Neithea) ayarti Dubar 1948

Subg. †Pecten (Oopecten) Sacco 1897

†Oopecten gigas Schlotheim 1813

Subg. Pecten (Pecten) Müller 1776

Pecten (Pecten) albicans Schröter 1802

†Pecten (Pecten) aletes Hertlein 1925

Pecten (Pecten) beringianus Middendorff 1849

†Pecten (Pecten) byoritsuensis Nomura 1933

†Pecten (Pecten) carrizoensis Arnold 1906

†Pecten (Pecten) dentatus Sowerby 1829

†Pecten (Pecten) excavatus Anton 1839

†Pecten (Pecten) gedinganensis Martin 1909

†Pecten (Pecten) gordus Olsson 1964

†Pecten (Pecten) illesca Olsson 1932

†Pecten (Pecten) javanus Martin 1879

†Pecten (Pecten) keepi Arnold 1906

†Pecten (Pecten) lecontei Arnold 1906

†Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus Perrilliat 1992

†Pecten (Pecten) perplanus Morton 1833

†Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni Morton 1834

Pecten (Pecten) pyxidatus Born 1778

†Pecten (Pecten) slevini Dall and Oschner 1928

†Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908

†Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis Cooke 1919

Subg. †Pecten (Plesiopecten) Munier-Chalmas 1887

†Pecten (Plesiopecten) subspinosus Schlotheim 1822

Subg. Pecten (Propeamusium) Dall 1886

†Pecten (Propeamusium) waylandi Arnold 1906

Subg. Pecten (Propeamussium) de Gregorio 1884

†Pecten (Propeamussium) cecilae de Gregorio 1884

Subg. †Pecten (Radiopecten)

Subg. Pecten (Swiftopecten) Hertlein 1935

Subg. †Pecten (Syncyclonema) Meek 1864

†Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827

Subg. Pecten (Vola) Klein 1753

†Vola dutemplei d'Orbigny 1843

†Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830

Invalid names: Pecten vigolensis Simonelli 1896 [synonym]

Pecten afribenedictus Kilburn and Dijkstra 1995

†Pecten alcesianus McLearn 1933

†Pecten alpha Dall 1898

†Pecten ambongoensis Thevenin 1908

†Pecten amphidoxus Bittner 1902

†Pecten amuricus Bittner 1899

†Pecten andreaei Bittner 1895

†Pecten angustecostatus Philippi 1899

†Pecten argentarius Gabb 1877

†Pecten argillensis Conrad 1860

†Pecten arpadicus Bittner 1901

†Pecten asper Lamarck 1819

†Pecten asperulatus Bittner 1895

†Pecten assinboiensis Russell and Landes 1937

Pecten aurantiacus Roding 1798

†Pecten avaricus Bittner 1901

†Pecten aviculoides Stoppani 1865

†Pecten aztecus Bose 1906

†Pecten azzarolae Stoppani 1865

†Pecten badioticus Bittner 1895

†Pecten barbatus Sowerby 1819

†Pecten barnensis Stoppani 1865

†Pecten barretti Seeley 1861

†Pecten bavaricus Winckler 1861

†Pecten breislakii Stoppani 1865

†Pecten buruticus Boehm 1903

†Pecten cadwalladerensis McLearn 1942

†Pecten californicus Gabb 1864

†Pecten camuycenicus Maury 1920

†Pecten cancellans Kittl 1903

†Pecten cawcawensis Harris 1919

†Pecten ceibanus Cooke 1928

†Pecten chabrangensis Diener 1904

†Pecten ciampini Stoppani 1860

†Pecten cislonensis Polifka 1886

†Pecten clarkeanus Aldrich 1895

†Pecten clarkeanus burlesonensis Harris 1919

†Pecten clarkensis Hall and Ambrose 1916

†Pecten clignetti Boehm 1906

†Pecten coderensis Harris 1927

†Pecten collapsus White 1887

†Pecten concentricestriatus Hoernes 1855

†Pecten concentristriatus Hörnes 1855

†Pecten constrictus Bittner 1895

†Pecten coosensis Shumard 1858

†Pecten coralliphila Olsson 1922

†Pecten coronatus Schafhaeutl 1851

†Pecten crispulus Böhm 1891

Pecten danicus Chemnitz 1795

†Pecten deformis Gabb 1864

†Pecten deformis Tate 1887

†Pecten dendyi Hutton 1902

†Pecten discites Schlotheim 1820

Pecten dislocatus Say 1822

†Pecten disparatus Wood 1882

†Pecten elixatus Conrad 1846

†Pecten eseri Oppel 1856

†Pecten eurasiaticus Wittenburg 1908

†Pecten expansus Smith 1847

†Pecten falgeri Merian 1853

†Pecten fissicosta Etheridge 1881

†Pecten flemingianus de Koninck 1863

†Pecten foipiani Stoppani 1865

†Pecten fumata

Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852

Invalid names: Pecten bifidus Menke 1843 [replaced]

†Pecten gabbi Dall 1898

†Pecten gramamensis Maury 1930

†Pecten grapteus Maury 1924

†Pecten guajatacus Maury 1920

†Pecten hallensis von Wöhrmann 1889

†Pecten halli Gabb 1861

†Pecten hammeri Bittner 1902

†Pecten hemicyclicus Ravenel 1834

†Pecten hornensis Deperet and Roman 1902

†Pecten humphreysii Conrad 1842

†Pecten humphreysii woolmani Richards and Harbison 1942

†Pecten humphreysii humphreysii Gibson 1987

†Pecten imparicostatus Bittner 1895

†Pecten inaequalis Cossmann and Lambert 1884

†Pecten incognitus Bittner 1901

†Pecten inconspicuus Bittner 1901

†Pecten inexpectans Hyatt 1892

†Pecten intercedens Bittner 1895

Pecten jacobaea Linnaeus 1758

†Pecten jamoignensis Terquem and Piette 1865

†Pecten janirula Bittner 1895

†Pecten johnstrupi Lundgren 1895

†Pecten jugleri Hagenow 1842

†Pecten kyushuensis Nagao 1928

†Pecten lasseni Hyatt 1892

†Pecten liebigii Winckler 1861

†Pecten liscaviensis Giebel 1856

†Pecten lohbergensis Emerson 1870

Pecten lowei Hertlein 1935

†Pecten margaritiferus Bittner 1901

†Pecten margheritae von Hauer 1850

†Pecten marginiplicatus Kittl 1903

†Pecten massalongi Stoppani 1865

Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758

†Pecten mayeri Winckler 1861

†Pecten mclellani Gibson 1987

†Pecten meekii Conrad 1856

†Pecten mentzeliae Bittner 1902

†Pecten meseticus Maury 1920

†Pecten morrisi Giebel 1856

†Pecten mysicus Bittner 1891

†Pecten nearchi Vredenburg 1928

†Pecten nerei Münster 1841

Invalid names: Pecten auristriatus Münster 1841 [synonym], Pecten interstriatus Münster 1841 [synonym]

†Pecten nodulifer Bittner 1895

Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve 1853

†Pecten nugenti Brown 1913

†Pecten nuperus Conrad 1854

Pecten obsoletus Pennant 1777

†Pecten octoplicatus Bittner 1895

†Pecten palmipes Tate 1886

†Pecten pascoei Cox 1936

†Pecten peisonis Bittner 1901

†Pecten pictus Cossmann and Lambert 1884

†Pecten pilgrimi Cox 1936

†Pecten plebeia Lamarck 1806

†Pecten pontiamnis McLearn 1942

†Pecten praemissus Bittner 1901

†Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820

†Pecten proeteus D'Orbigny 1847

†Pecten protei Münster 1841

Invalid names: Pecten granulocostatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Pecten octoplectus Münster 1841 [synonym], Pecten raricostatus Münster 1841 [synonym], Pecten sandbergeri Klipstein 1843 [synonym]

†Pecten proteus Sowerby 1847

†Pecten pseudobeudanti Deperet and Roman 1902

†Pecten pseudosolarium Hassan 1953

†Pecten pulchricosta Aldrich 1886

†Pecten punctatus Stoppani 1865

Pecten raoulensis Powell 1958

†Pecten renevieri Oppel 1856

†Pecten reticulatus Schlotheim 1813

†Pecten retiolum Ponzi 1876

†Pecten rigida Hall and Meek 1856

†Pecten rinki Lundgren 1895

†Pecten rosaliae Salomon 1895