Pecten flabelliformis

Pecten flabelliformis
A fossil valve of Pecten flabelliformis
Upperside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Pecten
Species:	†P. flabelliformis
Binomial name
†Pecten flabelliformis (Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
†Flabellipecten flabelliformis (Brocchi, 1814) superseded combination †Flabellipecten flabelliformis var. persimplex Sacco, 1897 junior subjective synonym †Flabellipecten flabelliformis var. persulculata Sacco, 1897 junior subjective synonym †Flabellipecten nicolai (Vinassa de Regny, 1904) junior subjective synonym †Flabellipecten subcostisulcatus Fekih, 1975 junior subjective synonym †Ostrea flabelliformis Brocchi, 1814 superseded combination †Pecten (Flabellipecten) flabelliformis (Brocchi, 1814) subgenus not accepted †Pecten (Flabellipecten) flabelliformis mut. praecedens Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914 junior subjective synonym †Pecten hoernesi Ugolini, 1899 junior subjective synonym †Pecten nicolai Vinassa de Regny, 1904 junior subjective synonym

Pecten flabelliformis is an extinct species of large scallop or saltwater clam, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Description

Pecten flabelliformis can reach a diameter of about 80–170 millimetres (3.1–6.7 in).

Distribution

Fossils of this species can be found in the Pleistocene – Pliocene marine strata of Greece, Romania, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary and Ukraine.

References

• "Mil y Un Ghūles – Ambientación de Savage Worlds para poder jugar relatos de horror cósmico en las Mil y Una Noches". Gwannon
• "Natural History Museum Rotterdam". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
• "Paleontología del Neógeno de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir (Andalucía, España". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.