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Oopecten gigas (Schlotheim, 1813) †
1251249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1251249)
accepted
Species
Amussiopecten gigas (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amussiopecten gigas var. plana Schaffer, 1910 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chlamys gigas (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pectinites gigas Schlotheim, 1813 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
fossil only
(of Pectinites gigas Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 92; note: referring to an illustration in an earlier publication by Knorr [details]
page(s): 92; note: referring to an illustration in an earlier publication by Knorr [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oopecten gigas (Schlotheim, 1813) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251249 on 2025-09-10
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(of Pectinites gigas Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 92; note: referring to an illustration in an earlier publication by Knorr [details]
original description (of Amussiopecten gigas var. plana Schaffer, 1910 †) Schaffer, F. X. (1910). Das Miocän von Eggenburg. I. Die Fauna - Die Bivalven der Miocänbildungen von Eggenburg. <em>Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 22(1): 5-112, pls. 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51319065
page(s): 43, pl. 22, figs 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Schneider, S. (2008). The bivalve fauna from the Ortenburg Marine Sands in the well-core “Straß” (Early Miocene; SE Germany) - taxonomy, stratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleogeography. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 82(4): 402-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03184430 [details]
page(s): 92; note: referring to an illustration in an earlier publication by Knorr [details]
original description (of Amussiopecten gigas var. plana Schaffer, 1910 †) Schaffer, F. X. (1910). Das Miocän von Eggenburg. I. Die Fauna - Die Bivalven der Miocänbildungen von Eggenburg. <em>Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 22(1): 5-112, pls. 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51319065
page(s): 43, pl. 22, figs 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Schneider, S. (2008). The bivalve fauna from the Ortenburg Marine Sands in the well-core “Straß” (Early Miocene; SE Germany) - taxonomy, stratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleogeography. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 82(4): 402-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03184430 [details]
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