Description
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Family Pectinidae
Height not much, if at all, greater than the length.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,500 meters (0 to -14,764 feet).Mean = -645.880 meters (-2,119.029 feet), Standard Deviation = 935.990 based on 82 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Ostreoida
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Pectinidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Scallops
- Genus:
Adamussium
()
- Specific name:
colbecki
- Smith 1902
- Scientific name: - Adamussium colbecki
- Specific name:
colbecki
- Smith 1902
- Genus:
Adamussium
(
- Family:
Pectinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Ostreoida
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Adamussium
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
Bibliography
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- Abbott, R.T., 1983, Compendium of Seashells, pg.303.
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 2, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- British Antarctic Survey, SOMBASE
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5451881
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14742817
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2416964
