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Chesapecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Chesapecten Ward and Blackwelder p. 7 figs. Plates 1-7
1980Chesapecten Vokes p. 229
1992Chesapecten Ward p. 68
1992Chesapecten del Rio p. 45
2002Chesapecten Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusChesapecten

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Chesapecten Ward and Blackwelder 1975
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Subg. †Chesapecten (Chesapecten) Ward 1992
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†Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens Ward and Blackwlder 1975
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Invalid names: Pecten madisonius Conrad 1840 [replaced]
†Chesapecten middlesexensis Mansfield 1936
†Chesapecten patagonensis d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Chesapecten crassus del Rio 1992 [synonym]
†Chesapecten santamaria Tucker 1934
†Chesapecten sayanus Dall 1898
†Chesapecten skiptonensis Mansfield 1936
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. W. Ward and B. W. Blackwelder 1975This genus is characterized by its generally large size, the extreme reduction of cardinal crura, the scabrous sculpture over the entire exterior of the valves, and the greater convexity of the left valve.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (152 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Virginia) C. middlesexensis (60658)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Chlamys madisonia (59335) Pecten madisonius (59722 59723 59748 59749 59750 59751 59755 59759 92757 92758 92759 92760 92762 92763 92768 92769) Pecten madisonius, Chlamys madisonia (59336)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) C. coccymelus (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) C. nefrens (173047)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) Pecten jeffersonius (88534)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Jersey) Pecten madisonius (92756)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) C. coccymelus, C. sayanus (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) C. coccymelus (70593) C. nefrens (79101 79102) Pecten madisonius (70591)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) C. coccymelus (69024) C. coccymeus (68975) C. coccymeus, Pecten madisonius (55517) C. nefrens (69023) C. sp. (71647) Pecten madisonius (60379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) C. covepointensis (70848) C. nefrens (70828 70844 70845 71638 71641 71648 79103 79104 79105 79106 79107 79108 79109 79110 79111 79112 79113 79114 79116 79352 79353) C. sp. (51715 51731) Pecten jeffersonius, Pecten madisonius (55396) Pecten madisonius (13408 70854) Pecten madisonius, C. nefrens (60376 70832 70855) Pecten madisonius, C. nefrens, C. monicae (70846) Pecten madisonius, Pecten coccymelus, C. nefrens (70830)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) C. nefrens (71642 71643) Pecten madisonius (13407)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) C. santamaria (71625 71630 71632 71637)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina C. crassus (41479)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) C. covepointensis (70849) C. santamaria (71636) C. sp. (70850) Pecten jeffersonius, Pecten madisonius (70851) Pecten jeffersonius, Pecten madisonius, C. santamaria (70853)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina C. crassus (71579)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (North Carolina) C. middlesexensis (59299)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) C. middlesexensis (59295 59296 60676 61290) C. sp. (79752 79754 79756)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) C. covepointensis (51727 59305 59306) C. santamaria (51722 59303 59304) C. sp. (69016 69032) C. sp. A, C. sp. B (68978)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina Pecten patagonensis (13092)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Florida) C. middlesexensis (79964)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) C. middlesexensis (71534 71535 71536 71618 71619 71622 71623 71626 71628 71646 71655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. jeffersonius (59300)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) C. clintonius, C. jeffersonius (59297)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) C. jeffersonius (79962) C. palmyrensis, C. jeffersonius (79961)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. madisonius, C. jeffersonius (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) C. jeffersonius (71620 71624)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) C. madisonius, C. septenarius (60940)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chlamys jeffersonia (59329)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Pecten jeffersonius (59293) Pecten madisonius (59294)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamys jeffersonius (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) C. madisonius, C. septenarius (176822) Christinapecten decemnarius (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) C. madisonius (59301) Chlamys jeffersonia (59331)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) C. madisonius, C. jeffersonius (60933) C. septenarius (60934 60935 60938 60942) Pecten jeffersonius (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) C. edgecombensis (78270) C. jeffersonius (78273 79246 79247) C. madisonianis, C. jeffersonius (80036) C. madisonius (59298 60660 60667 61296 71621 78262 78264 78266 78267 78268 78272) C. madisonius, C. coccymelus, C. jeffersonius (80038) C. madisonius, C. jeffersonius (79709 80040)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) C. jeffersonius (80035)