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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Pectinida
Superfamilia: Pectinoidea

Familia: Pectinidae
Subfamilia: Camptonectinae
Genus: Delectopecten
Species: D. alcocki – D. fluctuatus – D. fosterianus – D. macrocheiricola – D. musorstomi – D. polyleptus – D. vancouverensis – D. vitreus – D. zacae
Name

Delectopecten Stewart, 1930: 118

Type species: Pecten (Pseudamusium) [sic] vancouverensis Whiteaves, 1893; Recent, Vancouver Is., Canada.

References

Stewart, R.B. 1930: Gabbõs California Cretaceous and Tertiary Type Lamellibranchs. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Special Publications, 3: 1–314.

Delectopecten is a genus of bivalve molluscs within the family Pectinidae.[1] There are currently 18 members of this genus, with around half found as fossils dating back to 66 MYA.[2][3]
Species

Delectopecten alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1904)
†Delectopecten alternilineatus (B. L. Clark, 1918)
†Delectopecten crassistriatus Beu & Darragh, 2001
Delectopecten fosterianus (Powell, 1933)
Delectopecten gelatinosus (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
†Delectopecten harfordus (Davis, 1913)
†Delectopecten lillisi (Hertlein, 1934)
Delectopecten macrocheiricola (Habe, 1951)
†Delectopecten maddreni MacNeil, 1967
Delectopecten musorstomi Poutiers, 1981
†Delectopecten neuquenensis del Río, Beu & Martínez, 2008
†Delectopecten peckhami (Gabb, 1869)

†Delectopecten pedroanus (J. B. Trask, 1856)
Delectopecten polyleptus (Dall, 1908)
†Delectopecten sumensis (Moroz, 1972)
Delectopecten vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1893)
Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
Delectopecten zacae (Hertlein, 1935)

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Delectopecten R. B. Stewart, 1930". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
"Delectopecten Stewart 1930 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
"Fossilworks: Delectopecten". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.

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