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Pectunculina scalaris
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Taxonomy
Pectunculus scalaris was named by Sowerby (1825) [TYPE LOCALITY: Eocene, England]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Pectunculina scalaris by d'Orbigny (1843).
It was recombined as Pectunculina scalaris by d'Orbigny (1843).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Pectunculus scalaris Sowerby |
| 1843 | Pectunculina scalaris d'Orbigny p. 182 |
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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.
†Pectunculina scalaris Sowerby 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pectunculina scalaris (3264) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pectunculus scalaris (39695) |