Cyclopecten Verrill 1897 (mud scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Alternative spelling: Pecten (Cyclopecten)

Synonym: Xenamussium Oyama 1944

Parent taxon: Propeamussiidae according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913, Coan et al. 2000, Faustman 1964, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Moore 1984, Robinson and Lee 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Catillopecten, Chlamydella, Filamussium, Parvamussium, Propeamussium, Similipecten

Subtaxa: Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Cyclopecten acuminatus Cyclopecten almirantensis Cyclopecten aupouria Cyclopecten cocosensis Cyclopecten compitum Cyclopecten defuniak Cyclopecten diktuotus Cyclopecten duplicatus Cyclopecten fenestratus Cyclopecten guppyi Cyclopecten horridus Cyclopecten hoskynsi Cyclopecten incongruus Cyclopecten kapalae Cyclopecten lompicoensis Cyclopecten martinezensis Cyclopecten nanus Cyclopecten oligolepis Cyclopecten pernomus Cyclopecten powelli Cyclopecten pustulosus Cyclopecten thalassinus Cyclopecten zalaya Pecten (Cyclopecten) rotundatus

View classification

Type: Pecten pustulosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (4 collections), Greece (1)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Costa Rica (7), the Dominican Republic (4), Jamaica (7), Panama (10)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (23), Haiti (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (19), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (8: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California)

Total: 96 collections including 98 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.