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Camptonectes
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Camptonectes group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Camptonectes AGASSIZ in MEEK, 1864
Type Species:
Pecten lens J. SOWERBY, 1818; SD STOLlCZKA, 1871
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Exterior sculptured with fine, oblique, divergent, curved, crenulated, commonly punctate striae and concentric lines, or raised laminae (19b, 19c, 19i).
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Camptonectes group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Camptonectes AGASSIZ in MEEK, 1864
Type Species:
Pecten lens J. SOWERBY, 1818; SD STOLlCZKA, 1871
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Exterior sculptured with fine, oblique, divergent, curved, crenulated, commonly punctate striae and concentric lines, or raised laminae (19b, 19c, 19i).