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Palliolum mellevillei

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten mellevillei was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Amusium mellevillei by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983) and Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Palliolum mellevillei by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. incomparabile

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pecten mellevillei d'Orbigny
1983Amusium mellevillei Piccoli and Savazzi
1995Palliolum mellevillei Pacaud and Le Renard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPalliolinaeKorbobkov in Eberzin 1960
genusPalliolumMonterosato 1884
speciesmellevillei(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Palliolum mellevillei d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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