Pecten (genus)

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Pecten
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Pecten maximus Pilgermuschel.jpg
Two beachworn upper valves of Pecten maximus from Wales
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Pecten

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Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range: from 70.6 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world. [1]

Etymology

The name Pecten is from the Latin word for a comb or rake. [2] Since 1904, a Pecten shell has been used as the basis of the logo of Shell petroleum company.

File:Pectinidae - Pecten nigromagnus.JPG
Fossil shells of Pecten nigromagnus from Pliocene of Italy

Species

Species in the genus Pecten include:

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* P. albicans (Schröter, 1802)

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Bibliography

  • Frank H.T. Rodes, Herbert S. Zim en Paul R. Shaffer (1993) - Natuurgids Fossielen (het ontstaan, prepareren en rangschikken van fossielen), Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij N.V., Aartselaar. ISBN D-1993-0001-361
  • Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ISBN 90-246-4924-2

References

  1. Fossilworks
  2. Dictionary.com
  3. Fossil Shells
  4. World Register of Marine Species
  5. Paleobiology Database
  6. Catalogue of life
  7. Encyclopedia of life
  8. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0


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