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Pacipecten andersoni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni was named by Arnold (1906) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Diablo, 3 miles south, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Pecten andersoni by Arnold (1909); it was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) andersoni by Trask (1922); it was recombined as Pecten (Aequipecten) andersoni by Grant and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Aequipecten andersoni by Adegoke (1969); it was recombined as Pacipecten andersoni by Moore (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni Arnold p. 82 figs. pl. 26, figs. 5, 5a
1909Pecten andersoni Arnold figs. pl. 7, fig. 4
1922Pecten (Pecten) andersoni Trask p. 149
1931Pecten (Aequipecten) andersoni Grant and Gale pp. 202-203
1969Aequipecten andersoni Adegoke p. 98
1984Pacipecten andersoni Moore p. B45

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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
genusPacipectenVerrill 1897
speciesandersoni()

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.

Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906
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Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Loel and Corey 1932
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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 08:13:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:13:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Pecten andersoni (11601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten andersoni (43806 43807)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44892 44893 44921 44926 44927 167645) Pacipecten andersoni (196138) Pecten andersoni (71215 91374 203554)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Pecten andersoni (208107 208181)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (California) Pecten andersoni (19151)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (59073)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (206393)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44928 44930 44931 44932 44933 44934 44935 44936 44937 44938 44939 44940 44941 44965 44966 44967 44968 44969 44978 44979 44980 44982 44983 44985 44987 44988) Pecten andersoni (159672)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Pecten andersoni (168014)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44423 44425) Pecten andersoni (37547 type locality: 208131 208132)