Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Weathervane Scallop
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Bivalves
- Order:
Ostreoida
()
- Family:
Palaemonoidea
()
- Genus:
Patinopecten
()
- Specific name:
caurinus
- (Gould, 1850)
- Scientific name: - Patinopecten caurinus (Gould, 1850)
- Specific name:
caurinus
- (Gould, 1850)
- Genus:
Patinopecten
(
- Family:
Palaemonoidea
(
- Order:
Ostreoida
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Patinopecten
There are approximately 19 species in this genus:
P. bakeri · P. bakeri diazi · P. boesei · P. caurinus (Weathervane Scallop) · P. falorensis · P. falrensis · P. hallae · P. healeyi · P. lohri · P. marquerensis · P. oregonensis · P. planicostulatus · P. popatulus · P. propatulus · P. purisimaensis · P. santarosaliensis · P. tokyoensis · P. turneri · P. yessoensis
More Info
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Mollusc Collection
