Hyalopecten

Hyalopecten
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Hyalopecten
Verrill, 1897
Species

See text.

Hyalopecten is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks.

The placement of the genus Hyalopecten is currently uncertain. Habe[1] included Hyalopecten within the subfamily Camptonectinae. However, Hyalopecten lacks antimarginal microsculpture, which is a key characteristic of Camptonectinae.[2] Some authors consider Ciclopecten Seguenza, 1877 to be a senior synonym, however Ciclopecten has antimarginal microsculpture.

Species and their Distribution

= fragilis Jeffreys, 1876
= undatus Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1885
= dilectus Verrill & Bush in Verrill, 1898

References

  1. Habe, T. (1977): Systematics of Mollusca in Japan. Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. 372 pp., Zukan no Hokuryukan, Tokio.
  2. Waller, T. R. & Marincovich, L. jr. (1992): New species of Camptochlamys and Chlamys (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae), from near the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary at Ocean Point, North Slope, Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 66 (2): 215-227


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