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Argopecten demiurgus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)147116https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=147116
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten demiurgus
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 demiurgus(Dall 1898)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Argopecten demiurgusspeciesbelongs to Pecten (Plagioctenium)stated with evidenceDall, 1898
Argopecten demiurgusspeciesbelongs to Argopectenstated with evidenceHendy et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
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)A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus Dall p. 718 figs. pl. 26, fig. 3
1929Pecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus Anderson p. 155
2008Argopecten demiurgus Hendy et al.

References

Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
Anderson F. M. (1929) Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia, Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18 4, 73-213
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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