NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Pectinidae
  Order - Ostreoida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Delectopecten tillamookensis
      Species - Delectopecten vancouverensis
      Species - Delectopecten greenlandicus
      Species - Delectopecten vitreus
      Species - Delectopecten arces
      Species - Delectopecten zacae
      Species - Delectopecten bistriatus
      Species - Delectopecten incongruus
      Species - Delectopecten binominatus