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Carolinapecten eboreus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Aequipecten eborea was named by Conrad (1833). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten eboreus by Conrad (1833); it was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) eboreus by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus by Mansfield (1932); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus eboreus by Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Argopecten eboreus by Gibson (1987); it was recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pecten eboreus Conrad p. 341
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) eboreus Dall p. 749
1932Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus Mansfield p. 60
1936Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus eboreus Mansfield p. 174
1943Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea Gardner p. 36
1987Argopecten eboreus Gibson p. 50
1987Carolinapecten eboreus Ward and Blackwelder p. 141 figs. Plates 6, 7, Figs. 9-11
2008Carolinapecten eboreus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusCarolinapecten
specieseboreus(Conrad 1833)

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.

Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Pecten eboreus (59364 92768 92769)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Carolinapecten eboreus (60939)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Carolinapecten eboreus (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Argopecten eboreus (52582)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chlamys eborea (59328 59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Argopecten eboreus (62355) Chlamys eboreus (60918 60919 60920 60931 60932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pecten eboreus (75012 75014 75016 75018)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Argopecten eboreus (62356) Pecten eboreus (59293)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Aequipecten eborea (79248) Argopecten eboreus (62357) Carolinapecten eboreus (151326) Chlamys eboreus (60902 60903)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Argopecten eboreus (59155)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Aequipecten eboreus (79764) Carolinapecten eboreus (79959) Chlamys eboreus (59484 59486 59487 59490 59491 123549) Pecten eboreus (67077 85448 92740)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Carolinapecten eboreus (78266 80040)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Aequipecten eborea (68979 69018) Carolinapecten eboreus (58895 79708) Chlamys eborea (59307 59308 59309 59310 59327 59331)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Argopecten eboreus (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Aequipecten eborea (69043 80033) Argopecten eboreus (60986 60987 60988 60989) Carolinapecten eboreus (58897 58898 80034) Chlamys eborea (59312 59314 59316 59318)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Chlamys eboreus (60917) Pecten eboreus (92408 92409 92411)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Chlamys eborea (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Carolinapecten eboreus (80053 80083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Carolinapecten eboreus (69040)