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Flabellipecten antiguensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Amusium) antiguensis was named by Brown (1913) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene or Early Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP1648, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Amussiopecten antiguensis by Masuda (1971); it was recombined as Flabellipecten antiguensis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. waterloti, Pecten bosniascki, Pecten serviceus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Pecten (Amusium) antiguensis Brown p. 613 figs. pl. 18, figs. 1, 2, 3, 5
1971Amussiopecten antiguensis Masuda p. 211
1971Amussiopecten woodringi Masuda p. 214 figs. pl. 26, figs. 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b
1982Flabellipecten antiguensis Woodring p. 585

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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
genusFlabellipectenSacco 1897
speciesantiguensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Amussiopecten woodringi Masuda 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:07:50
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:07:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Flabellipecten antiguensis (42577 42580)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Flabellipecten antiguensis (93675)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Flabellipecten antiguensis (96443) Pecten antiguensis (80290)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Flabellipecten antiguensis (42558)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Flabellipecten antiguensis (42603 42629 93239)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (60674 60797 61164)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (61178)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten antiguensis (60669)