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Leptopecten

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285844	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285844
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16762	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16762

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Leptopecten

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Leptopecten

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Pectinidina
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
-	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Leptopecten	Verrill 1897

Scientific Name

Leptopecten Verrill, 1897

Name Published In

Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptopecten	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated without evidence	Oldroyd, 1925
Leptopecten	subgenus	belongs to Chlamys	stated with evidence	Grau, 1959
Leptopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Leptopecten	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Leptopecten	genus	belongs to Aequipectini	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Leptopecten	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Leptopecten	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leptopecten (Leptopecten) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Leptopecten auroraensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Leptopecten bavayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten biolleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten camerella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten ecnomius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Leptopecten euterpes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten latiauratus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptopecten linki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten olgensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Leptopecten palmeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopecten thompsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Leptopecten tumbezensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptopecten velero species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pacipecten bilineatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pacipecten discus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pacipecten linki species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pacipecten pabloensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Pacipecten tolmani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pacipecten weaveri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten bilineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten discus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten pabloensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten praevalidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten thompsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten tolmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten weaveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pacipecten Olsson, 1961	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Pacipecten*
Paraleptopecten T.R.Waller, 2011	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Paraleptopecten*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Leptopecten Verrill
1925	Pecten (Leptopecten) Oldroyd p. 3
1926	Pecten (Leptopecten) Jordan and Hertlein p. 435
1959	Chlamys (Leptopecten) Grau p. 118
1961	Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson
1961	Pecten (Pacipecten) Olsson p. 164
1982	Leptopecten Woodring p. 595

Year	Name and Author
1987	Leptopecten Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
2000	Leptopecten Coan et al. pp. 234, 237
2001	Leptopecten Todd
2001	Leptopecten (Pacipecten) Todd
2002	Leptopecten Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pacipecten Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Oldroyd T. S. (1925) The fossils of the Lower San Pedro fauna of the Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, California, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65 2535, 1-39 doi:10.5479/si.00963801.65-2535.1

Jordan E. K., Hertlein L. G. (1926) Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15 14, 409-464

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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