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Pecten (Pecten)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Pecten (Pecten) Müller
1903Pecten (Pecten) Arnold p. 103 figs. Plate XXI, Figs. 1 and 2
1904Pecten (Pecten) Glenn p. 372
1906Pecten (Pecten) Arnold p. 48
1931Pecten (Pecten) Grant, IV and Gale p. 158
1935Pecten (Pecten) Oostingh p. 150
1937Pecten (Pecten) Willett p. 387
1973Pecten (Pecten) Marasti p. 103
1982Pecten (Pecten) Dockery p. 45
1984Pecten (Pecten) Moore p. B67
1992Pecten (Pecten) Perrilliat p. 7
2000Pecten (Pecten) Coan et al. p. 225
2004Pecten (Pecten) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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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
genusPecten
subgenusPecten

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height132.3

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 208.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma

Collections (212 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Pseudopecten dentatus (38167)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Italy Pseudopecten dentatus (38170)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain Pseudopecten dentatus (211296 211872 211876 212055 212059 212060 212061 212063 212064 212065 212066 212067)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopecten dentatus (204119 204120)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Argentina (Chubut) Pseudopecten dentatus (204711)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopecten dentatus (204118)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Pseudopecten dentatus (211066 211067 211068 211168 211169 211170 211171 211172 211173 211174 211175 211177 211178 211179 211194)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Pseudopecten dentatus (25211 25213 25215 25216 25217 25218 25608 25937 25938 26137 26138 26139 26140 26141 26142 26144 26146 26147 26148 26149 26151 26326 26329 26332 26335 26336 26382 26383 26384 26385 26386 26387)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal Pseudopecten dentatus (25947)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Pecten venustus (4378 4379 4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pecten venustus (205529)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pecten venustus (4255)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Pecten venustus (4377)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Pecten venustus (4131 4142 4150 4151 4160 4163 4164 4165 4167 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pecten venustus (4441 4467 4490 4494 4495 4496 4511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pecten venustus (4173 4179 4180 4181 4182 4184 4186 4188 4190 4194 4195 4196 4199 4200 4201)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Aequipecten perplanus (99207)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Aequipecten perplanus (91877)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Pecten perplanus (57927)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Pecten perplanus (61113 61114)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Alabama) Pecten poulsoni (42155)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Pecten byramensis (43082 43084)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Pecten poulsoni (57924)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Aequipecten perplanus (98362) Pecten perplanus (89611)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Pecten perplanus (5500 5779 5787 5788 5791 74083) Pecten perplanus, Pecten perplanus (5501 5612) Pecten poulsoni (5820 5867 5942 5943 5944 5947 5949 5951 5952 5953 7114)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (California) Pecten santaecruzensis (203408)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Pecten byramensis (43090 43091)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Pecten perplanus (44521)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Pecten perplanus (86499)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Pecten perplanus (84142 89610)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Pecten ventonensis (75302 75307 75310 75314)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Pecten sp. (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten lecontei (43811)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Pecten javanus (81717)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Pecten carrizoensis (207027)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Pecten mexicanus (66163 66164 76566 76567)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Pecten subarcuatus (51689)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Pecten ventonensis (58676)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Pecten subarcuatus (60288)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten gordus (60754)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Pecten burnsi (94810)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Pecten subarcuatus (51687)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Pecten seguenzai (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Pecten revolutus (78437)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Pecten seguenzai (173163 173164 173166 173167)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Pecten archon (60408 60637 81976)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pecten keepi (124511)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Pecten gordus (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Pecten caribeus (41544) Pecten caribeus, Pecten maiquetiensis (41541 41543 41545) Pecten catianus, Pecten sp. (41546) Pecten maiquetiensis (41554) Pecten remulus (41552) Pecten sp. (41553)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Pecten hemycyclicus (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten gordus (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Pecten gedinganensis (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten carrizoensis (44035) Pecten carrizoensis, Pecten keepi (44022)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Pecten slevini (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Pecten lecontei (97124 97127 97129 208197)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten aletes (43680) Pecten carrizoensis, Pecten keepi (93883)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pecten pyxidatus (84520 84533)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pecten leonensis (59489) Pecten ochlockoneensis (61155 67072 67077)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Pecten gendinganensis, Pecten javanus (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Pecten acuticostatus (96759)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Pecten javanus (96254 96260)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Pecten sp. (41199 41205)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Pecten albicans (96969 96970 97028 97029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten beringianus (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan Pecten albicans (89416 89417) Pecten excavatus (97961) Pecten porphyreus, Pecten fulvicostatus (88886)