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Leopecten stearnsii

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten stearnsii was named by Dall (1878). Its type specimen is USNM 7942, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii by Arnold (1903), Arnold (1906) and Jordan and Hertlein (1926); it was recombined as Pecten (Janira) stearnsii by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was corrected as Pecten stearnsi by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Pecten (Flabellipecten) stearnsii by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Flabellipecten stearnsii by Moore (1984) and Hall (2002); it was recombined as Chlamys stearnsi by Muhs et al. (2002); it was recombined as Leopecten stearnsii by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Pecten stearnsii Dall pp. 11, 14
1903Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii Arnold p. 106 figs. Plate XII, Fig. 3
1906Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii Arnold p. 100
1926Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii Jordan and Hertlein
1931Pecten (Janira) stearnsii Grant, IV and Gale p. 222
1946Pecten stearnsi Woodring et al.
1950Pecten stearnsii Woodring and Bramlette
1972Pecten (Flabellipecten) stearnsii Hertlein and Grant p. 178 figs. Plate 29, Figures 2, 4; Plate 35, Figure 10; Text Figure 8
1984Flabellipecten stearnsii Moore p. B72 figs. Plate 31, figures 7, 8
2002Flabellipecten stearnsii Hall pp. table A15
2002Chlamys stearnsi Muhs et al.
2020Leopecten stearnsii Hendy

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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
genusLeopecten
speciesstearnsii(Dall 1878)

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.

Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878
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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 Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Pecten carrizoensis (207027)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten carrizoensis (44022 44035)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten carrizoensis (93883)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja) Flabellipecten stearnsii (66170 66171 66174)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Pecten stearnsii (97124 97125)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (120820 122281 186032 237375)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Leopecten stearnsii (214257 214258 214273 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Leopecten stearnsii (239575) Pecten stearnsi (238613) Pecten stearnsii (237593 238421 238435 238436 238458 238580)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (122752 189542)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Pecten stearnsii (238614)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Leopecten stearnsii (214283) Pecten stearnsii (189558 207762)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pecten stearnsi (202969 203108 223305 223309 223329)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Chlamys stearnsi (89289)