Micropecten

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pectinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Pectinida Superfamilia: Pectinoidea

Familia: Cyclochlamydidae
Genus: Micropecten
Species: M. excuratus – M. plectofilum

Name

• Micropecten Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2012: 396

Type species: Cyclochlamys plectofilum Oliver & Holmes, 2004. Recent, Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean, shallow water.

Etymology: A small pectinoid. Gender masculine.

References

• Dijkstra, Henk H. & Philippe Maestrati, 2012: Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago. Zoosystema, 34(2): 389–408.