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Aequipecten tehuelchus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten tehuelchus was named by d'Orbigny (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Quaternary-Recent; Argentina.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus by d'Orbigny (1846) and da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Aequipecten tehuelchus by Clavijo et al. (2005) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pecten tehuelchus d'Orbigny
1846Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus d'Orbigny p. 662 figs. pl. 85, fig. 21-24
1969Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus da Silva Forti p. 71
2005Aequipecten tehuelchus Clavijo et al. p. 394
2005Aequipecten tehuelchus Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciestehuelchus(d'Orbigny 1842)

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.

Aequipecten tehuelchus d'Orbigny 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:17:08
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Argentina Aequipecten tehuelchus (71612)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Chlamys tehuelchus (175628)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Aequipecten tehuelchus (71605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Aequipecten tehuelchus (195933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Aequipecten tehuelchus (71675 71676)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Pecten tehuelchus (72117 72118 72120 72121 72122 72123)