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Aequipecten suwaneensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115777, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aequipecten suwaneensis by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aequivalvis, A. alternicostatus, A. andersoni, A. angelonii, A. angelonii, A. arachnoideus, A. beaveri, A. bollenensis, A. bouchardi, A. camaretensis, A. camperilis, A. camperis, A. circularis, A. duwelzi, A. eboerus, A. elegans, A. ephippium, A. fuscopurpureus, A. girondicus, A. harveri, A. insuetus, A. intercedens, A. interstriatus, A. kotsubu, A. liberata, A. liberatus, A. magneauritus, A. misolensis, A. northamptoni, A. opecularis, A. opercolaris, A. opercularis, A. operularis, A. palinurus, A. paraensis, A. perplanus, A. plurinominis, A. plurinomis, A. pluronimus, A. radians, A. raymondi, A. scabrella, A. seniensis, A. subarmatus, A. subfibrosus, A. submalvinae, A. toyorensis, A. uloa, A. validus, A. vulgaris, A. zenonis, A. zitteli, A. eboreus, A. evergladensis, A. maturensis, A. rutamensis, A. tamiamiensis, Chlamys angelonii, Chlamys arachnoideus, Chlamys ature, Chlamys benedictus, Chlamys clinchfieldensis, Chlamys cocoana, Chlamys corymbiatus, Chlamys deleta, Chlamys deshayesi, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys exageratus, Chlamys farsanensis, Chlamys flabellum, Chlamys flava, Chlamys jackloweciana, Chlamys judaica, Chlamys lessepsii, Chlamys martini, Chlamys menkei, Chlamys multistriata, Chlamys nebrodensis, Chlamys octoplicoides, Chlamys perrugosa, Chlamys prototransquebaricus, Chlamys quinquepartita, Chlamys rhodopianus, Chlamys spillmani, Chlamys spinulosa, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys tchichatcheffi, Chlamys tella, Chlamys tjaringinensis, Lyropecten wisniowskii, Pecten arachnoideus, Pecten kikaiensis, Pecten mbalavuensis, Pecten northamptoni, Pecten reevei, Pecten spectabilis, Pecten subserricosta
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-06-01; modified by A. Hendy on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis Dall p. 734
1965Aequipecten suwaneensis Palmer and Brann p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciessuwaneensis(Dall 1898)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available