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Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
394308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394308)
accepted
Genus
Pecten monotimeris Conrad, 1837 accepted as Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837) (type by original designation)
Aequipecten (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chlamys (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pacipecten Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraleptopecten T. R. Waller, 2011 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 · unaccepted
- Species Leptopecten alockamanensis (C. E. Weaver, 1912) †
- Species Leptopecten andersoni (R. Arnold, 1906) †
- Species Leptopecten atlanticola (F. M. Anderson, 1929) †
- Species Leptopecten bavayi (Dautzenberg, 1900)
- Species Leptopecten bilineatus (B. L. Clark, 1915) †
- Species Leptopecten biolleyi (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946)
- Species Leptopecten camerella (S. S. Berry, 1968)
- Species Leptopecten coderensis (G. D. Harris, 1927) †
- Species Leptopecten cracens (Olsson, 1964) †
- Species Leptopecten daideleus (Maury, 1925) †
- Species Leptopecten discus (Conrad, 1857) †
- Species Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring, 1982 †
- Species Leptopecten euterpes (S. S. Berry, 1957)
- Species Leptopecten gilbertharrisi (F. Hodson & H. Hodson, 1927) †
- Species Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Leptopecten leonensis (Mansfield, 1932) †
- Species Leptopecten linki (Dall, 1926)
- Species Leptopecten macloskeyi (F. M. Anderson, 1929) †
- Species Leptopecten maturensis (Maury, 1925) †
- Species Leptopecten nelsoni (Olsson, 1932) †
- Species Leptopecten olgensis (Mansfield, 1932) †
- Species Leptopecten pabloensis (Conrad, 1857) †
- Species Leptopecten palmeri (Dall, 1897)
- Species Leptopecten praevalidus (E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926) †
- Species Leptopecten rutamensis (P. Jung, 1969) †
- Species Leptopecten tabaquita (Maury, 1925) †
- Species Leptopecten thompsoni (Maury, 1917) †
- Species Leptopecten tolmani (E. B. Hall & Ambrose, 1916) †
- Species Leptopecten tumbezensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Leptopecten velero (Hertlein, 1935)
- Species Leptopecten weaveri (B. L. Clark, 1915) †
- Species Leptopecten wendelli (Tucker-Rowland, 1934) †
- Species Leptopecten woodringi (Spieker, 1922) †
- Species Leptopecten auroraensis Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 † accepted as Leptopecten wendelli (Tucker-Rowland, 1934) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptopecten bellilamellatus (R. Arnold, 1906) accepted as Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptopecten pirabensis (Ferreira, 1960) † accepted as Leptopecten daideleus (Maury, 1925) †
- Species Leptopecten wilsoni L. D. Campbell, 1993 † accepted as Leptopecten leonensis (Mansfield, 1932) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Chlamys (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897) Verrill, A. E. (1897). A study of the family Pectinidae, with a revision of the genera and subgenera. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 41-95, pls. 16-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456846
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394308 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Paraleptopecten T. R. Waller, 2011) Waller, T. R. (2011). Neogene paleontology of the northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 381: 1-197, pls. 1-18.
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Chlamys (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897) Verrill, A. E. (1897). A study of the family Pectinidae, with a revision of the genera and subgenera. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 41-95, pls. 16-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456846
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Santelli, M.; Del Río, C.; Távora, V.; Feijó Ramos, M. (2024). Early Miocene aequipectininin bivalves of the Pirabas Formation of the Pará State, northeastern Brazill. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 69(2): 281-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01129.2023 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Chlamys (Leptopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897) Verrill, A. E. (1897). A study of the family Pectinidae, with a revision of the genera and subgenera. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 41-95, pls. 16-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456846
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Santelli, M.; Del Río, C.; Távora, V.; Feijó Ramos, M. (2024). Early Miocene aequipectininin bivalves of the Pirabas Formation of the Pará State, northeastern Brazill. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 69(2): 281-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01129.2023 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
