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Delectopecten randolphi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten randolphi was named by Dall (1897). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamusium) randolphi by Arnold (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Pecten (Pseudamussium) pedroanus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) randolphi by Faustman (1964); it was recombined as Delectopecten randolphi by Moore (1984).

Subspecies
D. tillamookensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Pecten randolphi Dall p. 86
1906Pecten (Pseudamusium) randolphi Arnold p. 138
1964Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) randolphi Faustman p. 115
1984Delectopecten randolphi Moore p. B17 figs. Plate 3, figures 13, 14

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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
subfamilyCamptonectinaeHabe 1977
genusDelectopecten()
speciesrandolphi(Dall 1897)

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