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Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 
AphiaID: 156816

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 Pecten solidulus Reeve, 1853 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Pedinae Bronn, 1862
Synonymised
taxa		  Agropecten (spelling variation)
 Plagioctenium Dall, 1898 (synonym)
Sources  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: Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. Universal Book Services/Backhuys. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Argopecten noronhensis (Smith, 1885)
Species Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778)
Species Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

Species Argopecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) accepted as Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Argopecten exasperatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Lindapecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842)
Species Argopecten flabellum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Aequipecten flabellum (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Argopecten imitatoides Macsotay & Campos, 2001 accepted as Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Argopecten inaequivalvis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Argopecten loxoides (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) accepted as Haumea loxoides (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
Species Argopecten rehderi (Grau, 1960) accepted as Haumea rehderi (Grau, 1960)
Species Argopecten traquebarius (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Argopecten vogdesi (Arnold, 1906) accepted as Euvola vogdesi (Arnold, 1906)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156816
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-20 07:57:29Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-04-26 20:01:08Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2009-04-30 22:27:16Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2009-05-01 12:54:37Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
2011-07-30 13:11:27Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-15 05:53:05Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Dijkstra, H. (2013). Argopecten Monterosato, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156816 on 2013-05-20
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