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Panopea akerlundi

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy
Panopea akerlundi was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441642, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 443, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acutisulcata, P. alabama, P. anacachoensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. aracuata, P. arcuata, P. arduennensis, P. attenuata, P. bellsensis, P. borealis, P. carteroni, P. cilindrica, P. corrugata, P. cottaldina, P. cuneiformis, P. curta, P. cylindrica, P. decisa, P. decisa, P. descisa, P. dupiniana, P. dupiniana, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. fallax, P. faujasi, P. faujasii, P. floridana, P. fraillia, P. glicimeris, P. glycimeris, P. goldfussi, P. gurgitis, P. hauthali, P. hauthali, P. heberti, P. inferior, P. inferior, P. japonica, P. lata, P. lateralis, P. maccoyi, P. malvernensis, P. mandibula, P. mandibulata, P. meynardi, P. monmouthensis, P. natalensis, P. necomiensis, P. neocomiensis, P. nomurae, P. norvegica, P. nucleus, P. oppenhaimi, P. orientalis, P. ovialis, P. pastorei, P. patagonica, P. patagonica, P. penjinskensis, P. peshakovi, P. philippi, P. pleshakovi, P. quemadensis, P. reflexa, P. remensis, P. rostrata, P. royana, P. sierrana, P. simotomensis, P. simplex, P. smithae, P. stenopleura, P. submandibula, P. subplicata, P. torresi, P. triangula, P. tyugokuensis, P. vetula, P. whifieldi, P. xizangensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. menardi, P. meynardi, P. oppenheimi, P. quemadensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-06-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Panopea akerlundi Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 88 figs. pl. 10, figs. a, c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—SolenataDall 1889
orderHiatellida
superfamilyHiatelloidea(Gray 1824)
familyHiatellidaeGray 1824
genusPanopea(Menard 1807)
speciesakerlundi

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.

†Panopea akerlundi Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available