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Pecten

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
    Family:  
Pectinidae (scallop family)
    Subfamily:  
Pecten group
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pecten oweni Arnold, 1906, =Pecten lohri HERTLEIN, 1928
    Type Species:  
Pecten oweni Arnold, 1906, =Pecten lohri HERTLEIN, 1928


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Fossil Image
Fig. C92,3. *P. (P.) caurinus Gould, Plio., USA (Calif.), 3 a, b, LV ext., RV ext., X0.5 (Arnold, 1906).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Pac.-NE.Pac.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Oligo.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Chattian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
27.29
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Large round, gently convex valves, LV nearly flat, radial ribs sulcate in some species




References



Museum or Author Information

Arnold, 1906