Dimarzipecten crocus

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Scientific Classification


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Dimarzipecten
Species: Dimarzipecten crocus (Cooke, 1919)

Information

Remarks

Common name: n/a

Synonymy: n/a

Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a

Other voucher specimens: n/a

Descriptions:

Original Description (from Cooke, 1919, p. 135):

“The following is a description of this species:

Shell equivalve, inequilateral, moderately convex; about 22 round ribs, separated by slightly narrower interspaces; surface of the ribs with curved imbricating spines, convex towards the umbones, and with very faint radiating striae; interspaces with sculpture of fine, close-set, concentric striae; near the ventral margin a small thread appears in each interspace; submargins depressed, ornamented with small radial threads and fine concentric striae; ears moderately large, subequal, with radial, nodose riblets.

Alt., 39 mm.; lat., 36 mm.; diam., 14 mm.

Locality. Roadside, descent to Crocus Bay, Anguilla, station 6893, also 6894 and 6965, Vaughan.

Geologic horizon. Oligocene.

Type. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 167079.”

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Measurements: n/a

Other remarks:

Stratigraphic notes: Arcadia Formation (Tampa Member): Fm. extends into upper Oligocene.

References: n/a

Online resources: n/a

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on October 7, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.

This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.