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Limipecten
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Limipecten GIRTY, 1904, p. 721
Type Species:
L. texanus, OD
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Fig. C61,7. *L. texanus, U.Penn., Tex., 7a,b, LV ext., ant., X1 (663)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.(Wolfcamp.)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
286.91
Description
Orbicular, robust shells with intercalating costae, those of RV appreciably finer and more numerous than those of LV, fine, concentric ornamentation of imbricating growth lamellae projecting peripherally between costae as short spines
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Limipecten GIRTY, 1904, p. 721
Type Species:
L. texanus, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C61,7. *L. texanus, U.Penn., Tex., 7a,b, LV ext., ant., X1 (663)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.(Wolfcamp.)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
286.91
Description
Orbicular, robust shells with intercalating costae, those of RV appreciably finer and more numerous than those of LV, fine, concentric ornamentation of imbricating growth lamellae projecting peripherally between costae as short spines