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Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 
AphiaID: 138313

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pedinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Parent Pedinae Bronn, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Aequipecten (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886
Aequipecten (Perapecten) H. P. Wagner, 1985 (synonym)
Pecten (Aequipecten)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

All child
taxa

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 Species Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875)
  » Subspecies Aequipecten commutatus commutatus (Monterosato, 1875)
» Subspecies Aequipecten commutatus peripheralis Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
Species Aequipecten flabellum (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Aequipecten glyptus (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Species Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
Species Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Aequipecten nicklesi Dijkstra, 1998
Species Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  » Subspecies Aequipecten tehuelchus madrynensis (Bavay, 1906)
» Subspecies Aequipecten tehuelchus tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)

Subgenus Aequipecten (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
Subgenus Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) accepted as Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  » Species Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) iredalei Powell, 1958 accepted as Annachlamys iredalei (Powell, 1958)
Subgenus Aequipecten (Leptopecten) accepted as Leptopecten Verrill, 1897
  » Species Aequipecten (Leptopecten) camerella Berry, 1968 accepted as Leptopecten camerella (Berry, 1968)
Subgenus Aequipecten (Lindapecten) Petuch, 1995 accepted as Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
Subgenus Aequipecten (Perapecten) H. P. Wagner, 1985 accepted as Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
Species Aequipecten alli (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) accepted as Cryptopecten bullatus (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Species Aequipecten atlanticus (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Pecten atlanticus E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Aequipecten bernardi (Philippi, 1851) accepted as Cryptopecten bernardi (Philippi, 1851)
Species Aequipecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Lindapecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842)
Species Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995) accepted as Lindapecten lindae Petuch, 1995
Species Aequipecten minutus (Nicklès, 1955) accepted as Aequipecten nicklesi Dijkstra, 1998
Species Aequipecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828)
  » Subspecies Aequipecten muscosus acanthodes (Dall, 1925) accepted as Lindapecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842)
» Subspecies Aequipecten muscosus muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828)
Species Aequipecten nux (Reeve, 1853) accepted as Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)
Species Aequipecten palmeri (Dall, 1897) accepted as Paraleptopecten palmeri (Dall, 1897)
Species Aequipecten vesiculosus (Dunker, 1877) accepted as Cryptopecten vesiculosus (Dunker, 1877)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138313
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2009-04-26 20:01:08Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2009-04-30 13:20:50Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2010-10-09 17:37:21Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-15 05:53:05Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Dijkstra, H.; Gofas, S. (2013). Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138313 on 2013-05-23
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