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Fletcheripecten lyonsi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Taxonomy
Fletcheripecten lyonsi was named by Waterhouse (1986). Its type specimen is CPC 2254, a valve (Left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Callytharra Springs (1 mile W), Byro Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2009-03-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Fletcheripecten lyonsi Waterhouse p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyHeteropectinidaeBeurlen 1954
subfamilyEtheripectininae()
genusFletcheripecten
specieslyonsi

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.

Fletcheripecten lyonsi Waterhouse 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height118.0

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Aviculopecten tenuicollis (type locality: 87352)