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Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886

Picture of Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Picture of Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

138313  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138313)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pectininae (Subfamily)
  11. Aequipectinini (Tribe)
  12. Aequipecten (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lyropecten (Amoeba) [sic] † · unaccepted (misspelling; junior synonym)
Pecten (Amoebea) Fontannes, 1878 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Aequipecten flabellum (Gmelin, 1791)
  2. Species Aequipecten glyptus (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
  3. Species Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
  4. Species Aequipecten nicklesi Dijkstra, 1998
  5. Species Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Species Aequipecten tehuelchus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
  7. Subgenus Aequipecten (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
  8. Subgenus Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    1. Species Aequipecten (Corymbichlamys) iredalei A. W. B. Powell, 1958 accepted as Annachlamys iredalei (A. W. B. Powell, 1958) (superseded combination)
  9. Subgenus Aequipecten (Flexopecten) Sacco, 1897 accepted as Flexopecten Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Subgenus Aequipecten (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 accepted as Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      1. Species Aequipecten (Leptopecten) camerella S. S. Berry, 1968 accepted as Leptopecten camerella (S. S. Berry, 1968)
    2. Subgenus Aequipecten (Lindapecten) Petuch, 1995 accepted as Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
    3. Subgenus Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson, 1961 accepted as Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    4. Subgenus Aequipecten (Perapecten) H. P. Wagner, 1985 accepted as Perapecten H. P. Wagner, 1985 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    5. Subgenus Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      1. Species Aequipecten alli (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) accepted as Cryptopecten bullatus (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912) (junior subjective synonym)
      2. Species Aequipecten atlanticus (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Perapecten atlanticus (E. A. Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      3. Species Aequipecten bernardi (R. A. Philippi, 1851) accepted as Cryptopecten bernardi (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      4. Species Aequipecten circularis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      5. Species Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) accepted as Perapecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      6. Species Aequipecten exasperatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Lindapecten exasperatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      7. Species Aequipecten felipponei (Dall, 1922) accepted as Flexopecten felipponei (Dall, 1922) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      8. Species Aequipecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      9. Species Aequipecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      10. Species Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995) accepted as Lindapecten lindae Petuch, 1995 accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828)
      11. Species Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
      12. Species Aequipecten minutus (Nicklès, 1955) accepted as Aequipecten nicklesi Dijkstra, 1998
      13. Species Aequipecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Lindapecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      14. Species Aequipecten nux (Reeve, 1853) accepted as Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853) (superseded combination)
      15. Species Aequipecten pallium (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Gloripallium pallium (Linnaeus, 1758)
      16. Species Aequipecten palmeri (Dall, 1897) accepted as Leptopecten palmeri (Dall, 1897)
      17. Species Aequipecten phrygium (Dall, 1886) accepted as Cryptopecten phrygium (Dall, 1886)
      18. Species Aequipecten vesiculosus (Dunker, 1877) accepted as Cryptopecten vesiculosus (Dunker, 1877)
      19. Species Aequipecten dalmaticus Brusina, 1907 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not found in the literature after original description)
      marine, fresh, terrestrial
      masculine
      (of Chlamys (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
      page(s): 944 [details] 
      Type locality contained in Italy  
      type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [details]
      MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138313 on 2025-07-17
      Date
      action
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      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
      2018-03-26 15:41:02Z
      changed
      Gofas, Serge
      2023-06-03 07:36:30Z
      changed
      Vinarski, Maxim

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      Nomenclature

      original description (of Chlamys (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
      page(s): 944 [details] 

      original description (of Pecten (Amoebea) Fontannes, 1878 †) Fontannes, F. (1878). <i>Études stratigraphiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la Période Tertiaire dans le Bassin du Rhône. III. Le bassin de Visan, Vaucluse</i>. Georg, Lyon; F. Savy, Paris; x + 110 pp. + 5 pls.
      page(s): 41, 52, 92, 95, 96, 98 [details] OpenAccess publication

      basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

      Taxonomy

      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. [details] 

      		 
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      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aequipecten) 
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      To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chlamys (Aequipecten) P. Fischer, 1886)
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