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: Pectininae
Tribus: Pectinini
Genus: Pecten
Species (16): P. afribenedictus – P. albicans – P. dijkstrai – P. diomedeus – P. dorotheae – P. erythraeensis – P. excavatus – P. fumatus – P. gladysiae – P. jacobaeus – P. keppelianus – P. maximus – P. novaezelandiae – P. raoulensis – P. sulcicostatus – P. waikikius
Source(s) of checklist:
Name
Pecten Müller, 1776: 248
References
Primary references
Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hallager: Havniae [=Copenhagen]. i–xxxii + 1–282 pp. BHL Reference page. [See page 248.]
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
Etymology
The name Pecten is from the Latin word for a comb or rake.[3] Since 1904, a Pecten shell has been used as the basis of the logo of Shell energy company.
Fossil shells of Pecten nigromagnus from Pliocene of Italy
Species
Species in the genus Pecten include:[4][5][6][7][8]
P. albicans (Schröter, 1802)
P. afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra 1995
P. alcesianus † McLearn 1933
P. alpha † Dall 1898
P. argillensis † Conrad 1860
P. assinboiensis † Russell & Landes 1937
P. aurantiacus Roding 1798
P. aztecus † Bose 1906
P. barretti † Seeley 1861
P. bifidus † Menke 1843
P.biddleana †Kellum 1926
P. cadwalladerensis † McLearn 1942
P. ceibanus † Cooke 1928
P. coderensis † Harris 1927
P. collapsus † White 1887
P. coralliphila † Olsson 1922
P. danicus Chemnitz 1795
P. deformis † Tate 1887
P. dendyi † Hutton 1902
P. dentatus Sowerby 1829
P. disparatus † Wood 1882
P. duplicicosta † Roemer, 1849[9]
P. elixatus † Conrad 1846
P. excavatus Anton, 1838
P. expansus † Smith 1847
P. flemingianus † de Koninck 1863
P. fumata †
P. fumatus Reeve 1852
P. gramamensis † Maury 1930
P. grapteus † Maury 1924
P. hemphillii † Dall 1879
P. humphreysii † Conrad 1842
P. inaequalis † Cossmann & Lambert 1884
P. jacobaeus Linnaeus, 1758
P. kokcharofi † de Verneuil 1845
P. lowei Hertlein 1935
P. maximus Linnaeus, 1758
P. mclellani † Gibson 1987
P. mediacostatus † Hanna 1926
P. membranosus † Morton 1834
P. mendenhalli † Arnold 1906
P. nearchi † Vredenburg 1928
Pecten nigromagnus † Sacco 1897[10]
P. novaezelandiae Reeve 1853
P. nugenti † Brown 1913
P. obsoletus Pennant 1777
P. palmipes † Tate 1886
P. paradezii † d'Orbigny 1842
P. pascoei † Cox 1936
P. pictus † Cossmann & Lambert 1884
P. pilgrimi † Cox 1936
P. plebeia † Lamarck 1806
P. politus † Gemmellaro 1896
P. pontiamnis † McLearn 1942
P. pseudosolarium † Hassan 1953
P. ptychotis † M'Coy 1847
P. raoulensis Powell 1958
P. sanctiludovici † Anderson & Martin 1914
P. santarosanus † Bose 1905
P. saskatchewanensis † Warren 1934
P. scintillatus † Conrad 1865
P. seabeensis † Richards 1947
P. sealyi † Richards 1947
P. sedanensis † Martin 1909
P. silentiensis † McLearn 1926
P. squamula † Lamarck 1806
P. striatus Müller 1776
P. subrufus Pennant 1777
P. sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
P. suwanneensis † Dall 1898
P. thaumastus † Maury 1924
P. triradiatus Müller 1776
P. tyaughtonae † McLearn 1942
P. vasseli † Fuchs 1878
P. vaughani † Cooke 1919
P. vigintisulcatus † Müller 1776
P. wendelli † Tucker 1934
P. yessoensis Jay, 1857
References
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 Archived 21 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine page(s): 248
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138323 Archived 15 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine on 2024-07-18
"Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
"WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
"Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
"Catalogue of Life – 2012 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree". www.catalogueoflife.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
"Encyclopedia of life". Retrieved 18 July 2024.
Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0
Roemer, Ferdinand. Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus, 1849.
"Fossil Shells". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
Bibliography
Frank H.T. Rodes, Herbert S. Zim en Paul R. Shaffer (1993) – Natuurgids Fossielen (het ontstaan, prepareren en rangschikken van fossielen), Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij N.V., Aartselaar. ISBN D-1993-0001-361
Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) – Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ISBN 90-246-4924-2
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