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Vertipecten bowersi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi was named by Arnold (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gillis's Ranch, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Vertipecten bowersi by Moore (1984) and Smith (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi Arnold p. 70 figs. Plate 12, Fig. 1, 2
1932Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi Loel and Corey p. 198 figs. Plate 22, figure 1
1984Vertipecten bowersi Moore p. B62 figs. Plate 24, figure 6; plate 25, figure 1
1991Vertipecten bowersi Smith pp. 77 - 79 figs. Plate 32, figures 4, 5; plate 35, figures 2-4

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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
genusVertipecten(Grant and Gale 1931)
speciesbowersi()

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.

†Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906
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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 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 Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Lyropecten bowersi (52418) Pecten bowersi (11601 57789)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Pecten bowersi (71215 71228 71231 203554)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Pecten bowersi (type locality: 208037)