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Argopecten

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Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argopecten, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285853	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285853
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16490	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16490

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten

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	Argopecten	Monterosato 1889

Common Name

calico scallop

Scientific Name

Argopecten Monterosato, 1889

Name Published In

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated with evidence	del Rio, 1992
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Aequipectini	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Argopecten	subgenus	belongs to Chlamys	implied	Tavora et al., 2004
Argopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated without evidence	Morales-Ortega et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 28.4 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

MINERALOGY: No aragonitic inner layer. LIFE HISTORY: ER, SE, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Calico Scallop

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argopecten

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aequipecten antonitaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aequipecten revellei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aequipecten sverdrupi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten abietis species	listed (PBDB)		20	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten aequisulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten ameleus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Argopecten anteamplicostata species	listed (PBDB)		7	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten antonitaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Argopecten asperulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten callidus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten crassiradiatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Argopecten cristobalensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten daideleus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Argopecten demiurgus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten deserti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten diminutivus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Argopecten eccentricus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		85	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten ericellus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten evermanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten gibbus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten gilbertharrisi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Argopecten gratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Argopecten hakei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten inaequalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	7.25 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten insuetus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Argopecten invalidus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten irradians species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten levicostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		30	28.4 Ma Oligocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Argopecten lineolaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten mendenhalli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	7.25 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten nerterus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Argopecten noronhensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten parathetidis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	7.25 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten percarus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten purpuratus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten revellei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten subdolus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten sugillatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten sverdrupi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten thetidis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		61	48.6 Ma Eocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Argopecten uselmae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Argopecten venezualanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Argopecten ventricosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Argopecten woodringi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Chlamys ameleus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chlamys reedsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten abietis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten agronomica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten callidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten crassiradiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten cristobalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten daideleus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten demiurgus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten deserti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten diminutivus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten diprosopus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten eccentricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten ericellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten evermanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten gilbertharrisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten hakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten invalidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten levicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten mendenhalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten operculiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten percarus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten subdolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten thetidis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten uselmae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten woodringi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pecten yorkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argopecten eboreus yorkensis subspecies	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Plagioctenium Dall, 1898	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Plagioctenium*
Agropecten	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Agropecten*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Argopecten Monterosato
1898	Pecten (Plagioctenium) Dall p. 696
1906	Pecten (Plagioctenium) Arnold p. 50
1929	Pecten (Plagioctenium) Hertlein p. 215
1932	Chlamys (Plagioctenium) Mansfield p. 60
1940	Chlamys (Plagioctenium) Mansfield p. 178
1943	Pecten (Plagioctenium) Gardner pp. 30, 31
1958	Chlamys (Plagioctenium) DuBar p. 158
1967	Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) Olsson p. 8

Year	Name and Author
1982	Argopecten Woodring p. 596
1987	Argopecten Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1992	Argopecten del Rio pp. 40-42
2000	Argopecten Coan et al. p. 234
2001	Argopecten Todd
2002	Argopecten Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Chlamys (Argopecten) Tavora et al. p. 117
2016	Argopecten Morales-Ortega et al. p. 12

References

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

Arnold R. (1906) Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California, USGS Professional Paper 47, 1-264

Hertlein L. G. (1929) A new Pecten from the San Diego Pliocene, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 18 5, 215

Mansfield W. C. (1940) Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl, Journal of Paleontology 14 3, 171-226

Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Olsson A. A. (1967) , Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute, 1-61

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

del Rio C. J. (1992) Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Nuculidae-Pectinidae): Part 1, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 225, 1-58

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]

Tavora V. A., Imbeloni E. F., et al (2004) Paleoinvertebrados, O Neógeno da Amazônia Oriental, 111-131

Morales-Ortega P., González-Barba G., et al (2016) New Eocene bivalves from Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Paleontología Mexicana 5 1, 1-19

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)

Millard, V., 1997: null. Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca. 1-544. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

J. Conchyliol., 37 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121. - via World Register of Marine Species

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