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Deltopecten waterfordi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Taxonomy
Deltopecten waterfordi was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3918, a valve (Right valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR F2353, Lyons River Homestead, Gascoyne River, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Deltopecten waterfordi Dickins p. 79 figs. Pl 12, figs 5-11

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyDeltopectinidae
genusDeltopectenEtheridge 1892
specieswaterfordi

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.

Deltopecten waterfordi Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height2134.3128.0141.0134.59.19

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Deltopecten waterfordi (type locality: 84359 84488 84569)