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Pecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Species
P. (Fortipecten), P. (Hemientolium), P. (Janira), P. (Neithea), P. (Oopecten), P. (Pecten), P. (Plesiopecten), P. (Propeamusium), P. (Propeamussium), P. (Radiopecten), P. (Swiftopecten), 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. bagualensis, P. barbatus, P. barnensis, P. barretti, P. bavaricus, P. binominatus (syn. P. (Pseudamusium) andersoni), 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. 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. molestus, P. morrisi, P. mysicus, P. nearchi, P. nerei (syn. P. interstriatus, P. auristriatus), 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. granulocostatus, P. raricostatus, P. octoplectus, P. sandbergeri), 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
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Pecten Müller p. 248
1855Pecten catilliformis Conrad p. 20 figs. pi. viii, fig. 83
1864Pecten Meek p. 46
1895Pecten Stanton p. 35
1904Pecten Glenn p. 372
1906Pecten Arnold p. 45
1913Pecten Böhm and Weisfermel p. 63
1923Pecten Clark and Arnold p. 139
1926Notovola Finlay
1928Pecten Nagao p. 37
1931Pecten Grant, IV and Gale p. 154
1943Pecten Gardner p. 30
1944Pecten Durham p. 137
1958Pecten DuBar p. 158
1964Pecten Faustman p. 115
1969Pecten da Silva Forti p. 73
1973Pecten Marasti p. 103
1982Pecten Dockery pp. 42, 45
1984Pecten Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 95
1984Pecten Moore p. B67
1987Pecten Gibson p. 43
1992Pecten Lamprell and Whitehead p. 32
1992Pecten Perrilliat p. 7
1992Pecten Ward p. 67
2000Pecten Coan et al. pp. 224, 225
2001Pecten Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 285
2002Notovola Sepkoski
2002Pecten Sepkoski
2004Pecten Spencer et al.
2004Pecten Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2006Pecten Beu p. 194
2010Pecten Bouchet et al.
2016Pecten Morales-Ortega et al. p. 14

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusPecten

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
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Janira doumerci Peron 1877
Subg. †Pecten (Neithea) Meek 1864
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Subg. †Pecten (Oopecten) Sacco 1897
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Oopecten gigas Schlotheim 1813
Subg. Pecten (Pecten) Müller 1776
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Pecten (Pecten) albicans Schröter 1802
Pecten (Pecten) aletes Hertlein 1925
Pecten (Pecten) beringianus Middendorff 1849
Pecten (Pecten) dentatus Sowerby 1829
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) poulsoni Morton 1834
Pecten (Pecten) slevini Dall and Oschner 1928
Subg. †Pecten (Plesiopecten) Munier-Chalmas 1887
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Subg. Pecten (Propeamusium) Dall 1886
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Subg. Pecten (Propeamussium) de Gregorio 1884
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Pecten (Propeamussium) cecilae de Gregorio 1884
Subg. Pecten (Swiftopecten) Hertlein 1935
Subg. Pecten (Vola) Klein 1753
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Vola dutemplei d'Orbigny 1843
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830
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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 bagualensis Wilckens 1907
Pecten barbatus Sowerby 1819
Pecten barnensis Stoppani 1865
Pecten barretti Seeley 1861
Pecten bavaricus Winckler 1861
Pecten binominatus Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Pecten (Pseudamusium) andersoni Dall 1918 [replaced]
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 clarkensis Hall and Ambrose 1916
Pecten clignetti Boehm 1906
Pecten coderensis Harris 1927
Pecten collapsus White 1887
Pecten concentristriatus Hörnes 1855
Pecten constrictus Bittner 1895
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 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 fumatus Reeve 1852
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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
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Pecten humphreysii woolmani Richards and Harbison 1942
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 molestus Wilckens 1907
Pecten morrisi Giebel 1856
Pecten mysicus Bittner 1891
Pecten nearchi Vredenburg 1928
Pecten nerei Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pecten auristriatus Münster 1841 [synonym], Pecten interstriatus Münster 1841 [synonym]
Pecten nodulifer Bittner 1895
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
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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 1855
Pecten rinki Lundgren 1895
Pecten rosaliae Salomon 1895
Pecten sansebastianus Maury 1920
Pecten santarosanus Bose 1905
Pecten sarajevensis Kittl 1903
Pecten saskatchewanensis Warren 1934
Pecten schlosseri von Wöhrmann 1889
Pecten schlotheimi Giebel 1856
Pecten schmiederi Giebel 1856
Pecten schroeteri Giebel 1856
Pecten seabeensis Richards 1947
Pecten sealyi Richards 1947
Pecten securis Dumortier 1864
Pecten sedanensis Martin 1909
Pecten seebachi Salomon 1895
Pecten sichoticus Bittner 1899
Pecten silentiensis McLearn 1926
Pecten stenodictyus Salomon 1895
Pecten stewartianus Lundgren 1895
Pecten subaequicostatus Bittner 1895
Pecten subalternans d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Pecten alternans Münster 1841 [replaced]
Pecten subalternicostatus Bittner 1901
Pecten subauriculatus Montagu 1808
Pecten subconcentricus Kittl 1903
Pecten subcutiformis Kittl 1903
Pecten subdemissus Münster 1841
Pecten subdivisus Bittner 1901
Pecten subgranulosus D'Orbigny 1850
Pecten subrufus Pennant 1777
Pecten suwanneensis Dall 1898
Pecten tenuistriatus Goldfuss 1833
Pecten terebratuloides Klipstein 1843
Pecten thaumastus Maury 1924
Pecten transdanubialis Bittner 1901
Pecten trebevicianus Kittl 1903
Pecten triradiatus Müller 1776
Pecten tubulifer Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pecten decoratus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Pecten tyaughtonae McLearn 1942
Pecten undiferus Bittner 1895
Pecten vajolettensis Wittenburg 1908
Pecten vanwinkleae Clark 1925
Pecten vasseli Fuchs 1878
Pecten vaughani Cooke 1919
Pecten venustulus Bittner 1901
Pecten verdachellensis Forbes 1846
Pecten verrucosus Bittner 1901
Pecten veszprimiensis Bittner 1901
Pecten vetulus Bittner 1901
Pecten volaris Bittner 1902
Pecten wattsi Arnold 1906
Pecten wendelli Tucker 1934
Pecten winkleri Stoppani 1865
Pecten zannichelli Stoppani 1865
Invalid names: Notovola Finlay 1926 [synonym], Pecten catilliformis Conrad 1855 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height132.3----
valve height425.112.746.026.914.7

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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Holocene or 343.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 335.5 Ma

Collections (1056 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Permian358.9 - 251.902India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp. (46155)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (62396)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Idaho-Utah) P. sp. (576)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (62329)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Spain P. sp. (73298)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212501)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212504)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Bosnia and Herzegovina P. discites (212721)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Croatia P. sp. (212712)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) P. sichoticus (202918) P. sp. (202919)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Bosnia and Herzegovina P. sp., P. discites (206609)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Hungary (Bakony) P. discites (203239)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Bosnia and Herzegovina P. discites (212713)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Croatia P. discites (212709)
Early/Lower Triassic - Anisian252.17 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) P. discites (231734)
Induan - Anisian252.17 - 242.0Japan (Okayama) P. amuricus (39831)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino) P. sp. (166095 166562)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) P. amuricus (202920)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4USA (Alaska) P. sp. (112297)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Japan P. sp. (115247)