Pecten (bivalve)

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

Etymology

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

Species

Species in the genus Pecten include:

• P. albicans<small> (Schröter, 1802) </small>
• P. afribenedictus <small>Kilburn & Dijkstra 1995</small>
• P. alcesianus † <small>McLearn 1933</small>
• P. alpha † <small>Dall 1898</small>
• P. argillensis † <small>Conrad 1860</small>
• P. assinboiensis † <small>Russell & Landes 1937</small>
• P. aurantiacus <small>Roding 1798</small>
• P. aztecus † <small>Bose 1906</small>
• P. barretti † <small>Seeley 1861</small>
• P. bifidus † <small>Menke 1843</small>
• P.biddleana †<small>Kellum 1926</small>
• P. cadwalladerensis † <small>McLearn 1942</small>
• P. ceibanus † <small>Cooke 1928</small>
• P. coderensis † <small>Harris 1927</small>
• P. collapsus † <small>White 1887</small>
• P. coralliphila † <small>Olsson 1922</small>
• P. danicus <small>Chemnitz 1795</small>
• P. deformis † <small>Tate 1887</small>
• P. dendyi † <small>Hutton 1902</small>
• P. dentatus <small>Sowerby 1829</small>
• P. disparatus † <small>Wood 1882</small>
• P. duplicicosta † <small>Roemer, 1849</small>
• P. elixatus † <small>Conrad 1846</small>
• P. excavatus <small>Anton, 1838</small>
• P. expansus † <small>Smith 1847</small>
• P. flemingianus † <small>de Koninck 1863</small>
• P. fumata â€Â
• P. fumatus <small>Reeve 1852</small>
• P. gramamensis † <small>Maury 1930</small>
• P. grapteus † <small>Maury 1924</small>
• P. hemphillii † <small>Dall 1879</small>
• P. humphreysii † <small>Conrad 1842</small>
• P. inaequalis † <small>Cossmann & Lambert 1884</small>
• P. jacobaeus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• P. kokcharofi † <small>de Verneuil 1845</small>
• P. lowei <small>Hertlein 1935</small>
• P. maximus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• P. mclellani † <small>Gibson 1987</small>
• P. mediacostatus † <small>Hanna 1926</small>
• P. membranosus † <small>Morton 1834</small>
• P. mendenhalli † <small>Arnold 1906</small>
• P. nearchi † <small>Vredenburg 1928</small>
• Pecten nigromagnus † <small> 1897</small>
• P. novaezelandiae <small>Reeve 1853</small>
• P. nugenti † <small>Brown 1913</small>
• P. obsoletus <small>Pennant 1777</small>
• P. palmipes † <small>Tate 1886</small>
• P. paradezii † <small>d'Orbigny 1842</small>
• P. pascoei † <small>Cox 1936</small>
• P. pictus † <small>Cossmann & Lambert 1884</small>
• P. pilgrimi † <small>Cox 1936</small>
• P. plebeia † <small>Lamarck 1806</small>
• P. politus † <small>Gemmellaro 1896</small>
• P. pontiamnis † <small>McLearn 1942</small>
• P. pseudosolarium † <small>Hassan 1953</small>
• P. ptychotis † <small>M'Coy 1847</small>
• P. raoulensis <small>Powell 1958</small>
• P. sanctiludovici † <small>Anderson & Martin 1914</small>
• P. santarosanus † <small>Bose 1905</small>
• P. saskatchewanensis † <small>Warren 1934</small>
• P. scintillatus † <small>Conrad 1865</small>
• P. seabeensis † <small>Richards 1947</small>
• P. sealyi † <small>Richards 1947</small>
• P. sedanensis † <small>Martin 1909</small>
• P. silentiensis † <small>McLearn 1926</small>
• P. squamula † <small>Lamarck 1806</small>
• P. striatus <small>Müller 1776</small>
• P. subrufus <small>Pennant 1777</small>
• P. sulcicostatus <small>Sowerby II, 1842</small>
• P. suwanneensis † <small>Dall 1898</small>
• P. thaumastus † <small>Maury 1924</small>
• P. triradiatus <small>Müller 1776</small>
• P. tyaughtonae † <small>McLearn 1942</small>
• P. vasseli † <small>Fuchs 1878</small>
• P. vaughani † <small>Cooke 1919</small>
• P. vigintisulcatus † <small>Müller 1776</small>
• P. wendelli † <small>Tucker 1934</small>
• P. yessoensis<small> Jay, 1857</small>

References

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.