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Eopecten
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Pectinacea group uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eopecten DOUVILLÉ, 1897, p. 203
Type Species:
Hinnites tuberculatus Goldfuss, 1836 (errore pro Spondylus tuberculosus GOLDFUSS, 1836, OD
Images
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Fig. C94,4a. *E. tuberculosus (Goldfuss), M.Jur., Ger., LV ext., X0.5 (341b), Fig. C94,4b. E. abjectus (PhilLIPS), M.Jur., Inf. Oolite, Eng. (Dorset.), RV int., X0.7 (184)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.(Lias.)
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Alb.)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Medium-sized to large, acline, more or less irregular in outline at all stages of growth, some specimens irregularly puckered or with allomorphic ornament, inequivalve, with LV convex and RV flat or concave, with indications of having grown attached at umbo
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Pectinacea group uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eopecten DOUVILLÉ, 1897, p. 203
Type Species:
Hinnites tuberculatus Goldfuss, 1836 (errore pro Spondylus tuberculosus GOLDFUSS, 1836, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C94,4a. *E. tuberculosus (Goldfuss), M.Jur., Ger., LV ext., X0.5 (341b), Fig. C94,4b. E. abjectus (PhilLIPS), M.Jur., Inf. Oolite, Eng. (Dorset.), RV int., X0.7 (184)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.(Lias.)
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Alb.)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Medium-sized to large, acline, more or less irregular in outline at all stages of growth, some specimens irregularly puckered or with allomorphic ornament, inequivalve, with LV convex and RV flat or concave, with indications of having grown attached at umbo