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Amussium lompocensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Amusium) lompocensis was named by Arnold (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc, 4 miles south of, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pecten (Amusium) pleuronectes by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Amusium lompocensis by Moore (1984); it was recombined as Amussium lompocensis by Hall (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Amusium) lompocensis Arnold
1984Amusium lompocensis Moore pp. B66 - B67 figs. Plate 2, figures 10, 11
2002Amussium lompocensis Hall p. 368

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusAmussium(Röding 1798)
specieslompocensis()

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.

Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1906
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Diagnosis
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