Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Pectinidae
Height not much, if at all, greater than the length .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Pectinidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Scallops
- Genus:
Aequipecten
()
- Fischer, 1886
- Specific name:
heliacus
- (Dall, 1925)
- Scientific name: - Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
- Specific name:
heliacus
- (Dall, 1925)
- Genus:
Aequipecten
(
- Family:
Pectinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Hanna, G. Dallas Expedition
to Guadalupe Island,
Mexico, in 1922. General report Proceedings of the California
Academy of Sciences 14 (12): 217-275 + 5 plates
, 1925.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aequipecten
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acanthodes (Thistle Scallop) · A. glyptus (Red-Ribbed Scallop) · A. lineolaris (Lined Scallop) · A. muscosus (Rough Scallop)
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Further Reading
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- Hanna, G. Dallas Expedition to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in 1922. General report Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14 (12): 217-275 + 5 plates, 1925.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692319
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79714
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79714
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 649504
