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Cryptopecten

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Description

Cryptopecten is a genus of molluscs in the family Pectinidae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285840	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285840
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16585	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16585

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Cryptopecten

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Cryptopecten

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
subfamily	Chlamydinae	von Teppner 1922
genus	Cryptopecten	Dall Bartsch & Rehder 1938

Scientific Name

Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Name Published In

Bull. Bishop Mus., 153

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cryptopecten	subgenus	belongs to Pecten	stated without evidence	Ladd and Hoffmeister, 1945
Cryptopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Cryptopecten	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Cryptopecten	genus	belongs to Chlamydinae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Cryptopecten	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (80%)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, MA/SW, UN/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

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cryptopecten bernardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptopecten bullatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cryptopecten nux species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cryptopecten phrygium species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cryptopecten vesiculosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Corymbichlamys Iredale, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Corymbichlamys*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1938	Cryptopecten Dall et al.
1945	Pecten (Cryptopecten) Ladd and Hoffmeister
1982	Cryptopecten Woodring p. 594
1992	Cryptopecten Lamprell and Whitehead p. 26
2001	Cryptopecten Todd
2002	Cryptopecten Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Ladd H. S., Hoffmeister J. E. (1945) Geology of Lau, Fiji, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181

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

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

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]

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

SN2000 unverified - 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

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)

Dijkstra, H. H. (1995). Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 9-73. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bull. Bishop Mus., 153 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dijkstra H.H. (2013) Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica 10: 1-108. [6 April 2013] - 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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