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Pecten (Pecten)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	85852	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85852

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten : Pecten (Pecten)

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
subfamily	Pectininae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Pecten	Müller 1776
subgenus	Pecten (Pecten)	Müller 1776

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pecten (Pecten)	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated with evidence	Müller, 1776
Pecten (Pecten)	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated without evidence	Arnold, 1906
Pecten (Pecten)	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated with evidence	Grant and Gale, 1931
Pecten (Pecten)	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pecten)

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pecten)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. F. Müller. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pecten (Pecten) albicans species	listed (PBDB)	6	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pecten (Pecten) aletes ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) auburyi species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Pecten (Pecten) bellus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	18	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Pecten (Pecten) beringianus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Pecten (Pecten) byoritsuensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) carrizoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) coalingaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) dickersoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Pecten (Pecten) diegensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) excavatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pecten (Pecten) gedinganensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Pecten (Pecten) gordus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	16.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) hartmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) illesca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) javanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pecten (Pecten) keepi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) lecontei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) merriami ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Pecten (Pecten) perplanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	21	56.0 Ma Paleocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	13	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pecten (Pecten) pyxidatus species	listed (PBDB)	2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pecten (Pecten) santacruzensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1776	Pecten (Pecten) Müller
1904	Pecten (Pecten) Glenn p. 372
1906	Pecten (Pecten) Arnold p. 48
1931	Pecten (Pecten) Grant and Gale p. 158
1935	Pecten (Pecten) Oostingh p. 150
1937	Pecten (Pecten) Willett p. 387

Year	Name and Author
1973	Pecten (Pecten) Marasti p. 103
1982	Pecten (Pecten) Dockery p. 45
1992	Pecten (Pecten) Perrilliat p. 7
2000	Pecten (Pecten) Coan et al. p. 225
2004	Pecten (Pecten) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

References

Müller O. F. , Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium, 1-281

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

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

Grant U. S., Gale H. R. (1931) Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California, Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1, 1-1036

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Perrilliat M. C. (1992) Bivalvos y gasterópodos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 60, 1-48

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

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

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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