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Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) 
AphiaID: 394269

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pedinae (Subfamily) > Argopecten (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
Synonymised
taxa
  Pecten purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 (original combination)
Source  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]

Environment marine
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (686 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Argopecten purpuratus
Argopecten purpuratus
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394269
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-04-30 22:27:16Z  created  Dijkstra, Henk
  
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  Citation: Dijkstra, H. (2013). Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394269 on 2013-05-21
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