Pecten (bivalve)

Genus of bivalves

Pecten Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Two beachworn upper valves of Pecten maximus from Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776^[1]
Type species
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation
Species^[2]
Pecten afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra, 1995 Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802) Pecten dijkstrai Duncan & G. Wilson, 2012 Pecten diomedeus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 Pecten dorotheae Melvill, 1907 Pecten erythraeensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 Pecten excavatus Anton, 1838 Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852 Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pecten keppelianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852 Pecten raoulensis A. W. B. Powell, 1958 Pecten spondyloides Tate, 1882 Pecten sulcicostatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 Pecten waikikius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 Extinct Species †Pecten acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 †Pecten alessii R. A. Philippi, 1836 †Pecten aletes Hertlein, 1925 †Pecten almerai (Depéret & Roman, 1910) †Pecten anapaudiensis Stoliczka, 1871 †Pecten archon Maury, 1925 †Pecten arkanus Blanckenhorn & Oppenheim, 1927 †Pecten astensis Sacco, 1897 †Pecten babatus Vinokurova, 1970 †Pecten barretti Seeley, 1861 †Pecten bassanensis Oppenheim, 1900 †Pecten benedictus Lamarck, 1819 †Pecten bensoni Kniker, 1919 †Pecten berryi Stephenson, 1923 †Pecten besseri Andrzejowski, 1830 †Pecten beudanti Basterot, 1825 †Pecten biformis Conrad, 1843 †Pecten bipartitus (Foresti, 1876) †Pecten bonnellensis Kniker, 1919 †Pecten bosniackii De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1880 †Pecten brummelii Nyst, 1864 †Pecten burnsii Dall, 1898 †Pecten buzparensis Eames & L. R. Cox, 1956 †Pecten byoritsuensis Nomura, 1933 †Pecten cadwalladerensis McLearn, 1842 †Pecten calathiusculus Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1897 †Pecten californicus Gabb, 1864 †Pecten carryensis Gourret, 1890 †Pecten clarkensis E. B. Hall & Ambrose, 1916 †Pecten cleburnensis Adkins & Winton, 1920 †Pecten complanatus J. De C. Sowerby, 1828 †Pecten conradi (Whitfield, 1885) †Pecten convexior Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1897 †Pecten convexocostatus Abich, 1857 †Pecten coralliphila Olsson, 1922 †Pecten costisulcatus Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1897 †Pecten craticula S. G. Morton, 1833 †Pecten deformis Gabb, 1864 †Pecten densicinctus Grzybowski, 1899 †Pecten difficilis T. Fuchs, 1879 †Pecten dolomiticus Benecke, 1868 †Pecten dunkeri Mayer, 1864 †Pecten elixatus Conrad, 1844 †Pecten farsensis Eames & L. R. Cox, 1956 †Pecten fasciculatus Eames & L. R. Cox, 1956 †Pecten fenestratus K. Martin, 1885 accepted, unreplaced junior homonym of Pecten fenestratus Forbes, 1844 †Pecten ficheuri Brives, 1897 †Pecten flabelliformis (Brocchi, 1814) †Pecten fotensis Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1960 †Pecten fraasi T. Fuchs, 1883 †Pecten fraterculus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 †Pecten galloprovincialis Matheron, 1843 †Pecten gentili (Depéret & Roman, 1912) †Pecten grandiformis Ugolini, 1903 †Pecten grandis J. De C. Sowerby, 1828 †Pecten grayi Michelotti, 1839 †Pecten guajatacus Maury, 1920 †Pecten hawleyi Hertlein, 1925 †Pecten herrmannseni Dunker, 1848 †Pecten hornensis Deperét & Roman, 1902 †Pecten hosszufaluensis Jekelius, 1916 †Pecten howei (Mansfield, 1940) †Pecten humphreysii Conrad, 1842 †Pecten idoneus S. V. Wood, 1861 †Pecten illesca Olsson, 1932 †Pecten incurvatus Nyst, 1845 †Pecten javanus K. Martin, 1879 †Pecten karalitanus Meneghini, 1857 †Pecten kilindoniensis Eames & L. R. Cox, 1956 †Pecten kochii Locard, 1877 †Pecten labnae Mayer-Eymar, 1876 †Pecten laresensis Hubbard, 1920 †Pecten larteti Tournouër, 1874 †Pecten leythajanus Partsch, 1867 †Pecten manchacensis Kniker, 1919 †Pecten marvilensis Veiga Ferreira, 1953 †Pecten mclellani T. G. Gibson, 1987 †Pecten meseticus Maury, 1920 †Pecten mexicanus Perrilliat, 1992 †Pecten mississippiensis Conrad, 1860 †Pecten modestus Camacho, 1968 accepted, unreplaced junior homonym †Pecten naganumanus Yokoyama, 1920 †Pecten nebrodensis Gemmellaro & Di Blasi, 1874 †Pecten niciensis A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †Pecten nigromagnus (Sacco, 1897) †Pecten nugenti A. P. Brown, 1913 †Pecten oppeli Gemmellaro & Di Blasi, 1874 †Pecten paronai Ugolini, 1908 †Pecten paytensis Grzybowski, 1899 †Pecten pembaensis Eames & L. R. Cox, 1956 †Pecten perplanus S. G. Morton, 1833 †Pecten pharaoni Depéret & Roman, 1902 †Pecten phoeniciensis Hertlein, 1936 †Pecten planariae Simonelli, 1889 †Pecten planosulcatus Matheron, 1843 †Pecten pontiamnis McLearn, 1842 †Pecten poulsoni S. G. Morton, 1834 †Pecten praevasseli de Böckh & F. D. S. Richardson, 1928 †Pecten pragalensis (Veiga Ferreira, 1953) †Pecten promontorensis Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1960 †Pecten pseudobeudanti Deperét & Roman, 1902 †Pecten remulus Weisbord, 1964 †Pecten rete O. Boettger, 1875 †Pecten saheliensis (Depéret & Solignac, 1929) †Pecten sansebastianus Maury, 1920 †Pecten schweinfurthi Blanckenhorn, 1900 †Pecten seabeensis H. G. Richards, 1947 †Pecten sedanensis K. Martin, 1909 †Pecten siederensis Kniker, 1919 †Pecten stantoni R. T. Hill, 1893 †Pecten subarcuatus Tournouër, 1874 †Pecten subleythejanus Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1897 †Pecten tagicus Berkeley Cotter, 1904 †Pecten tenuisulcatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1847 †Pecten tietzei T. Fuchs, 1879 †Pecten tineae Mayer-Eymar, 1898 †Pecten tranquillianus McLearn, 1839 †Pecten urmiensis Abich, 1882 †Pecten valentinensis Fontannes, 1880 †Pecten vasatensis Benoist, 1914 †Pecten vedasensis Depéret & Roman, 1905 †Pecten vezzanensis Oppenheim, 1903 †Pecten waluensis Hertlein, 1933 †Pecten whitfieldi Weller, 1907
Synonyms^[2]
Argoderma Poli, 1795 Argus Poli, 1791 Chlamys (Pallium) Schröter, 1802 Deperetia Teppner, 1922 Flabellipecten Sacco, 1897 Heritschia Teppner, 1922 Janira Schumacher, 1817 Jaworskia Teppner, 1922 Notovola Finlay, 1926 Pallium Schröter, 1802 Pecten (Flabellipecten) Sacco, 1897 Pecten (Janira) Schumacher, 1817 Pecten (Pecten) O. F. Müller, 1776 alternative representation Pecten (Vola) Mörch, 1853 †Pectinites Schlotheim, 1813 Pectinium Link, 1807 Phallium [sic] incorrect subsequent spelling Philippia Teppner, 1922 Pseudamussium (Pecten) O. F. Müller, 1776 Vola Mörch, 1853

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.

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

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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

Taxon identifiers
Pecten	Wikidata: Q2704723 Wikispecies: Pecten ADW: Pecten AFD: Pecten BOLD: 2293 CoL: 7PC4Y EoL: 46467903 GBIF: 7976769 iNaturalist: 171858 IRMNG: 1027528 ITIS: 79679 NBN: NHMSYS0021055159 NCBI: 6578 NZOR: bb29fe5e-4500-443c-ac46-79b4c63e5f0a Open Tree of Life: 449047 Paleobiology Database: 16904 WoRMS: 138323