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Cyclopecten acuminatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Taxonomy
Cyclopecten acuminatus was named by Waller (2011). Its type specimen is NMB G17491, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 15829, Rio Gurabo, which is in a Zanclean offshore siltstone in the Mao Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Cyclopecten acuminatus Waller p. 18 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-3

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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)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEntolioideaTeppner 1922
familyPropeamussiidaeAbbott 1954
genusCyclopectenVerrill 1897
speciesacuminatus

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.

†Cyclopecten acuminatus Waller 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available