MolluscaBase - Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) †

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Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) †

AphiaID

1721281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721281)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Oopecten (Gigantopecten) Rovereto, 1899 † accepted as Gigantopecten Rovereto, 1899 †

Original name

Ostrea latissima Brocchi, 1814 †

Direct children (3)

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Subspecies Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus apollo (Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1896) † accepted as Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus nodosiformis (Pusch, 1837) † accepted as Gigantopecten nodosiformis (Pusch, 1837) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus restitutensis (Fontannes, 1884) † accepted as Gigantopecten restitutensis (Fontannes, 1884) † (superseded rank and combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Ostrea latissima Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 581-582 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oopecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1721281 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-12-05 13:57:13Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Ostrea latissima Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 581-582 [details]

basis of record Glibert, M.; Van de Poel, L. (1965). Les Bivalvia fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. II. Pteroconchida, Colloconchida et Isofilibranchida. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> (2) 78: 1-105., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252240.pdf
page(s): 17 [details]