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Argopecten gibbus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten gibbus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea gibba by Linnaeus (1758); it was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus by Dall (1898) and Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus by Woodring et al. (1924) and DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) gibbus by Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Aequipecten gibbus by Richards et al. (1969); it was recombined as Argopecten gibbus by Massemin et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea gibba Linnaeus
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus Dall p. 745
1924Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus Woodring and et al.
1936Pecten (Chlamys) gibbus Mansfield p. 189
1943Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus Gardner p. 31
1958Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus DuBar p. 159
1969Aequipecten gibbus Richards et al. p. 4
2009Argopecten gibbus Massemin et al. p. 286

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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
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesgibbus()

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.

Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available