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Argopecten gibbus

Description

Argopecten gibbus, the Atlantic calico scallop, is a species of medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2285862https://www.gbif.org/species/2285862
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90997https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90997
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten gibbus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten gibbus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderPectinidina
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
-PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesArgopecten gibbusLinnaeus 1758
Generic NameArgopecten
Scientific NameArgopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Ostreastated without evidenceLinnaeus, 1758
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Pecten (Plagioctenium)stated with evidenceDall, 1898
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Chlamys (Plagioctenium)stated without evidenceWoodring et al., 1924
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Pecten (Chlamys)stated without evidenceMansfield, 1936
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Pecten (Plagioctenium)stated with evidenceGardner, 1943
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to AequipectenimpliedRichards et al., 1969
Argopecten gibbusspeciesbelongs to Argopectenstated with evidenceHendy et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Argopecten)
Visionlimited (based on Pectinidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Argopecten)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Argopecten)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Common Name(s) Atlantic Calico Scallop, Atlantische Calico-kammmuschel, Calico Scallop, Calico-pilgermuschel, Calicot Scallop
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argopecten_gibbus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Ostrea nucleus
Pecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Pecten gibbus
Pecten dislocatus Say, 1822GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Pecten dislocatus
Ostrea turgida Gmelin, 1791GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Ostrea turgida
Argopecten imitatoides Macsotay & Campos, 2001GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten imitatoides
Pecten liocymatus Dall, 1925GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Pecten liocymatus
Chlamys liocymatus (Dall, 1925)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Chlamys liocymatus
Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten nucleus
Ostrea gibba Linnaeus, 1758GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Ostrea gibba
Aequipecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Aequipecten gibbus
Chlamys gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Chlamys gibbus

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
2008Argopecten gibbus Hendy et al.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542
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
Richards H. G., Abbott R. T., et al (1969) The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda, Notulae Naturae 425, 1-10
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg - via World Register of Marine Species
Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life
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)
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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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