Update: 2004.11.17

GENUS-GROUP NAMES

(alphabetically; valid names in bold)

 

OD = original designation

SD = subsequent designation

M = monotypy

T = tautonomy

littoral = > 20 m

sublittoral = 20-100 m

bathyal = 100-1000 m

abyssal = 1000-5000 m

hadal = 5000 m >

 

Adamussium Thiele, 1934. Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, 3: 807. Type species (OD): Pecten colbecki Smith, 1902. Miocene-Recent. Antarctic; littoral-sublittoral.

Aequipecten Fischer, 1886 [Proposed as a section of Chlamys]. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique, 10: 944. Type species (M): Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Amusium Röding, 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogue cimeliorum e tribus Regnis naturae, ed. 1, pars 2, Continens Conchylia: 165. Type species (T): Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Anguipecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 153: 92. Type species (OD): Anguipecten gregoryi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; sublittoral.

Annachlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5 (6), Mollusca, part 1: 358. Type species (OD): Pecten leopardus Reeve, 1853 [= Pecten flabellatus Lamarck, 1819]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Arctinula Thiele, 1934 [Proposed as a section of Palliolum]. Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, 3: 806. Type species (OD): Pecten greenlandicus Sowerby II, 1842. Pliocene-Recent. Arctic and Atlantic; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Similipecten]

Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 [Proposed as a subgenus of Pecten]. Journal de Conchyliologie 37: 20. Type species (SD, Monterosato, 1899): Pecten solidulus Reeve, 1853 [= Pecten irradians concentricus Say, 1822]. Miocene-Recent. Western Atlantic and eastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Austrochlamys Jonkers, 2003. Late Cenozoic-Recent Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the Southern Ocean and neighbouring regions. Monographs of marine Mollusca No. 5: 59. Type species (OD): Pecten natans Philippi, 1845. Oligocene-Recent. Antarctic; sublittoral.

Azumapecten Habe, 1977 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Syst. Moll. Japan: Bivalvia & Scaphopoda: 82. Type species (OD): Pecten farreri Jones & Preston, 1904. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Bathypecten Schein-Fatton, 1985. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, III 301 (10): 491. Type species (OD): Bathypecten vulcani Schein-Fatton, 1985. Recent. Pacific; abyssal. [= Catillopecten]

Belchlamys Iredale, 1929 [Proposed as a subgenus of Scaeochlamys]. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 164. Type species (OD): Pecten aktinos Petterd, 1886. Recent, Australia; littoral to sublittoral depths. [= Semipallium]

Bractechlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 366. Type species (OD): Bractechlamys evecta Iredale, 1939 [= Pecten vexillum Reeve, 1853]. Recent. Indo-Pacific and Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Caribachlamys Waller, 1993. American Malacological Bulletin 10(2): 217. Type species (OD): Pecten sentis Reeve, 1853. Pliocene-Recent. (Sub)tropical western Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Catillopecten Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 370. Type species (OD): Pecten murrayi Smith, 1885. Recent. Pacific and Atlantic; bathyal-abyssal.

Chlamydella Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 164. Type species (OD): Cyclopecten favus Hedley, 1902. Recent. Australia; littoral-bathyal. [= Cyclochlamys]

Chlamys Röding, 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogue cimeliorum e tribus Regnis naturae, ed. 1, pars 2, Continens Conchylia: 161. Type species (SD, Herrmannsen, 1847): Pecten islandicus Müller, 1776. Tertiary-Recent. N Atlantic and N Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Ciclopecten Seguenza, 1877. Bollettino della R. Comitato Geologico d'Italia 8(9-10): 362. Type species (M): Ciclopecten peloritanus Seguenza, 1877. Pliocene-Recent. Italy (Pliocene) and Indo-West Pacific (Recent); sublittoral-bathyal.

Complicachlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 362. Type species (OD): Complicachlamys wardiana Iredale, 1939. Pliocene-Recent. South-western Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Comptopallium Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 359. Type species (OD): Comptopallium pauciplicatum Iredale, 1939 [= Ostrea radula Linnaeus, 1758]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral. [= Decatopecten]

Coralichlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 355. Type species (OD): Coralichlamys acroporicola Iredale, 1939 [= Pecten madreporarum Sowerby II, 1842]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral.

Corymbichlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 367. Type species (OD): Chlamys corymbiatus Hedley, 1909 [= Pecten nux Reeve, 1853]. Miocene-Recent. Australia; sublittoral-upper bathyal. [= Cryptopecten]

Crassadoma Bernard, 1986. Venus 45(1): 72. Type species (OD): Lima gigantea Gray, 1825. Miocene-Recent. Eastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 153: 93. Type species (OD): Cryptopecten alli Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 [= Pecten (Chlamys) bullatus Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

Ctenamusium Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 164. Type species (OD): Amusium thetidis Hedley, 1902. Recent. Australia; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Parvamussium]

Cyclochlamys Finlay, 1926. Trans. New Zealand Institute 57: 452. Type species (OD): Pecten transenna Suter, 1913. Miocene-Recent. Western Pacific, New Zealand, southern Australia, Southern Ocean and Antarctica; sublittoral-bathyal.

Cyclopecten Verrill, 1897. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 70, 90, 93. Type species (S, Sykes et al., 1898): Pecten pustulosus Verrill, 1873 [= Pecten hoskynsi Forbes, 1844]. Miocene-Recent. Worldwide; sublittoral-abyssal.

Decatopecten Sowerby II, 1839. Conchological Manual, ed. 1: 37, 78, 121. Type species (M): Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Delectopecten Stewart, 1930 [Proposed as a subgenus of Palliolum]. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publ. 3: 37, 118-120. Type species (OD): Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Whiteaves, 1893. Cretaceous-Recent. Atlantic, Indo-Pacific; sublittoral-bathyal.

Dentamussium Dijkstra, 1990 [Proposed as a subgenus of Amusium]. La Conchiglia/The Shell 22 (253-5): 51. Type species (OD): Ostrea obliterata Linnaeus, 1758. Pliocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; sublittoral.

Equichlamys Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 162. Type species (OD): Pecten bifrons Lamarck, 1819. Pliocene-Recent. Southern Australia; littoral-sublittoral.

Euvola Dall, 1898 [Proposed as a section of Pecten s.s.]. Trans. Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): 694. Type species (OD): Ostrea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Western Atlantic and eastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 366. Type species (OD): Pecten spectabilis Reeve, 1853. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Flexopecten Sacco, 1897. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, pt. 24: 38-40, 73. Type species (OD): Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Gloripallium Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 357. Type species (OD): Ostrea pallium Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Glyptamusium Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 370. Type species (OD): Amussium torresi Smith, 1885. Recent. Australia; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Parvamussium]

Haumea Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 153: 86. Type species (OD): Haumea juddi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 [= Pecten loxoides Sowerby III, 1882]. Recent. Indo-Pacific; sublittoral.

Hemipecten Adams & Reeve, 1849. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16 (for 1848): 133. Type species (M): Hemipecten forbesianus Adams & Reeve, 1849. Pliocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Hinnites Defrance, 1821. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, vol .21: 169. Type species (SD, Gray, 1847): Hinnites cortesii Defrance, 1821 [= Ostrea crispa Brocchi, 1814]. Oligocene-Recent. Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Hyalopecten Verrill, 1897. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 63, 71. Type species (OD): Pecten undatus Verrill & S. Smith, 1885 [= Pecten pudicus E.A. Smith, 1885]. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic, Pacific; sublittoral-abyssal.

Juxtamusium Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 368. Type species (OD): Juxtamusium oblectatum Iredale, 1939 [= Pecten (Chlamys) coudeini Bavay, 1903]. Recent. Indo-Pacific; sublittoral-bathyal.

Karnekampia Wagner, 1988. Basteria 52: 41. Type species (OD): Pecten bruei Payraudeau, 1826 [= Pecten sulcatus Müller, 1776]. Recent. Mediterranean Sea; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Pseudamussium]

Laevichlamys Waller, 1993. American Malacological Bulletin 10(2): 204. Type species (OD): Pecten multisquamatus Dunker, 1864. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific and western Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Leptopecten Verrill, 1897 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 69. Type species (OD): Pecten monotimeris Conrad, 1837 [= Pecten latiauratus Conrad, 1837]. Pliocene-Recent. Eastern Pacific and western Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Lissochlamis Sacco, 1897 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, pt. 24. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 12(298): 102. Type species (OD): Pecten excisus Bronn, 1832 [F]. Pliocene-Recent. Tropical eastern Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Lissopecten Verrill, 1897 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 68. Type species (OD): Ostrea hyalina Poli, 1795. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral. [= Flexopecten]

Lyropecten Conrad, 1862. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 291. Type species (SD, Dall, 1898): Pallium estrellanum Conrad, 1856. Miocene-Recent. Eastern Pacific and tropical western Atlantic (?).

Manupecten Monterosato, 1889 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Journal de Conchyliologie 37: 21. Type species (SD, Monterosato, 1899): Ostrea pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Eastern Atlantic; sublittoral.

Mesopeplum Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 162, 164. Type species (OD): Mesopeplum caroli Iredale, 1929 [= Chlamys fenestrata Hedley, 1901]. Miocene-Recent. Southern Australia and New Zealand; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 162. Type species (OD): Pecten asperrimus Lamarck, 1819. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral.

Minnivola Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 363. Type species (OD): Minnivola isomeres Iredale, 1939 [= Ostrea pyxidata Born, 1778]. Pliocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 153: 84. Type species (OD): Mirapecten thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 [= Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

Nodipecten Dall, 1898 [Proposed as a section of Chlamys]. Trans. Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): 695. Type species (OD): Ostrea nodosa Linnaeus, 1758. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic and eastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Notochlamys Cotton, 1930. Records of the South Australian Museum 4(2): 233. Type species (OD): Chlamys anguineus Finlay, 1926 [= Pecten hexactes Lamarck, 1819]. Pliocene-Recent. Southern Australia; littoral-sublittoral.

Notovola Finlay, 1926 [Proposed as a subgenus of Pecten s.s.]. Trans. New Zealand Institute 57: 451. Type species (OD): Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852. Pliocene-Recent. New Zealand; littoral-sublittoral. [= Pecten]

Pacipecten Olsson, 1961 [Proposed as a subgenus of Aequipecten]. Panama-Pacific Pelecypoda: 164. Type species (OD): Pecten tumbezensis Orbigny, 1846. Recent. Eastern Pacific. [= Leptopecten]

Palliolum Monterosato, 1884 [Proposed as a section of Pecten]. Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune Conchiglie Mediterranee: 5. Type species (SD, Crosse, 1885): Pecten incomparabilis Risso, 1826. Miocene-Recent. Eastern Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific; littoral-upper bathyal.

Paramusium Verrill, 1897. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 72, 90, 92. Type species (OD): Amussium dalli Smith, 1885. Recent. Western Atlantic; bathyal. [= Propeamussium]

Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 [Proposed as a subgenus of Amussium]. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, pt. 24: 48. Type species (OD): Pecten (Pleuronectes) duodecimlamellatus Bronn, 1831. Cretaceous-Recent. Worldwide; sublittoral-abyssal.

Patinopecten Dall, 1898. Trans. Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): 695. Type species (OD): Pecten caurinus Gould, 1850. Miocene- Recent. Northeastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Pecten Müller, 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: xxxi, 248. Type species (SD, Schmidt, 1818): Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758. Oligocene-Recent. Atlantic, Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Pedum Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Société d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 7: 88. Type species (M): Ostrea spondyloidea Gmelin, 1791. Recent. Indo-Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Peplum Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889. Les mollusques marins du Roussillon, tome 2, fasc. 3: 62, 67. Type species (OD): Ostrea clavata Poli, 1795. Recent. Mediterranean; sublittoral. [= Pseudamussium]

Perapecten Wagner, 1985 [Proposed as a subgenus of Aequipecten]. Basteria 49(4-6): 84. Type species (OD): Pecten commutatus Monterosato, 1875. Recent. Eastern Atlantic; littoral-sublittoral. [= Aequipecten]

Placopecten Verrill, 1897. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 69, 78. Type species (OD): Pecten clintonius Say, 1824 [F]. Miocene-Recent. Western Atlantic; sublittoral-bathyal.

Propeamussium Gregorio, 1884. Il Naturalista Siciliano 3(4): 119. Type species (OD): Pecten (Propeamussium) ceciliae Gregorio, 1884. Miocene-Recent. Atlantic and Pacific; bathyal-abyssal.

Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea, [...]: 59. Type species (Opinion 714, ICZN): Pecten septemradiatus Müller, 1776 [= Ostrea peslutrae Linnaeus, 1771]. Miocene-Recent. Eastern Atlantic; sublittoral-bathyal.

Pseudohinnites Dijkstra, 1989. Basteria 53: 29. Type species (OD): Pseudohinnites levii Dijkstra, 1989. Recent. Indo-West Pacific; bathyal.

Psychrochlamys Jonkers, 2003. Late Cenozoic-Recent Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the Southern Ocean and neighbouring regions. Monographs of marine Mollusca No. 5: 43. Type species (OD): Pecten patagonicus King & Broderip, 1832. Pliocene-Recent. Southern Argentina, Chili, southern Australia and New Zeland; sublittoral-upper bathyal. [= Zygochlamys]

Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 162. Type species (OD): Pecten lividus Lamarck, 1819. Pliocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Semipallium Jousseaume in Lamy, 1928. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 34(2): 169. Type species (M): Pecten tigris Lamarck, 1819 [= Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus, 1758]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Serratovola Habe, 1951 [Proposed as a subgenus of Pecten]. Gen. Jap. Shells, Pelecypoda, (1): 81. Type species (OD): Pecten tricarinatus Anton, 1838 [= Pecten rubicundus Récluz in Chenu, 1843]. Pliocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

Similipecten Winckworth, 1932 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Journal of Conchology 19(7): 241, 250. Type species (OD): Pecten similis Laskey, 1811. Oligocene-Recent. Atlantic and Indo-Pacific; sublittoral-bathyal.

Somalipecten Waller, 1986. The Nautilus 100(2): 41. Type species (OD): Somalipecten cranmerorum Waller, 1986. Miocene-Recent. Northwestern Indian Ocean; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Mirapecten]

Spathochlamys Waller, 1993. American Malacological Bulletin 10(2): 229. Type species (OD): Pecten benedicti Verrill & Bush in Verrill, 1897. Miocene-Recent. Western Atlantic and eastern Pacific; littoral-sublittoral.

Squamamussium Oyama, 1944. Venus 13(5-8): 244. Type species (OD): Amussium squamigerum Smith, 1885. Recent. Western Atlantic; bathyal. [= Parvamussium]

Swiftopecten Hertlein, 1935. Proc. California Academy of Sciences 21(25): 319. Type species (OD): Pecten swiftii Bernardi, 1858. Miocene-Recent. Northern Pacific; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

Talochlamys Iredale, 1929 [Proposed as a subgenus of Mimachlamys]. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 164. Type species (OD): Chlamys famigerator Iredale, 1925 [= Pecten pulleineanus Tate, 1887]. Oligocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific, S Atlantic, temperate Australia and New Zealand; sublittoral-bathyal.

Variamussium Sacco, 1897 [Proposed as a subgenus of Amussium]. I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, pt. 24: 49. Type species (OD): Amussium cancellatum Smith, 1885. Recent. Western Atlantic; bathyal-abyssal. [= Parvamussium]

Veprichlamys Iredale, 1929 [Proposed as a subgenus of Mimachlamys]. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 164. Type species (OD): Chlamys perillustris Iredale, 1925. Miocene-Recent. Indo-Pacific, temperate Australia and New Zealand; sublittoral to bathyal depths.

Volachlamys Iredale, 1939. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Sci. Rep. 5(6), Mollusca, part 1: 356. Type species (OD): Pecten cumingii Reeve, 1853 [= Pecten singaporinus Sowerby II, 1842]. Miocene-Recent. Indo-West Pacific; littoral to sublittoral depths.

Xenamussium Oyama, 1944 [Proposed as a subgenus of Propeamussium]. Venus 13(5-8): 244. Type species (OD): Pecten hoskynsi Forbes, 1844. Pliocene-Recent. Eastern Atlantic; sublittoral-bathyal. [= Cyclopecten]

Zygochlamys Ihering, 1907 [Proposed as a subgenus of Chlamys]. Annales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, ser. 3, tomo 7: 250. Type species (OD): Pecten geminatus Sowerby I, 1846 [F]. Oligocene-Recent. Southern Argentina and Chili, and New Zealand and southern Australia; sublittoral-upper bathyal.

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