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Swiftopecten parmeleei

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei was named by Dall (1898). Its type specimen is USNM 154479, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys parmeleei by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Swiftopecten parmeleei by Moore (1984) and Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei Dall p. 708 figs. pl. 37, figs. 14, 14a
1906Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei Arnold p. 119
1950Chlamys parmeleei Woodring and Bramlette p. 83
1966Chlamys parmeleei Stanton, Jr. p. 27
1984Swiftopecten parmeleei Moore p. B59 figs. Plate 23, figures 1, 3, 4
2020Swiftopecten parmeleei Hendy

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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
genusSwiftopectenRöding 1798
speciesparmeleei(Dall 1898)

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.

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Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi Arnold 1906 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi morani Arnold 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:06:05
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:19:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) Swiftopecten parmeleei (188305)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten etchegoini (220182 220183 220186) Pecten wattsi (208035)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Chlamys parmeleei (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten etchegoini (194664 216863 216870 220191 220192 220193) Pecten etchegoini, Pecten wattsi (204364) Pecten parmeleei (96886 120820)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Chlamys parmeleei (189542 189545)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Chlamys parmeleei (189765 189768)