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Spathochlamys vaginula

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) ornatus vaginulus was named by Dall (1898) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Represented by lectotype. DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene; North Carolina-Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135786, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) vaginulus by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Pecten vaginulus by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) vaginulus by Wooding (1925); it was recombined as Spathochlamys vaginula by Waller (1993) and Waller (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Pecten (Chlamys) ornatus vaginulus Verrill and Bush pp. 74-75
1898Pecten (Chlamys) ornatus vaginulus Dall pp. 715-716
1898Pecten (Chlamys) vaginulus Dall pp. 715-716
1917Pecten vaginulus Maury
1925Chlamys (Chlamys) vaginulus Wooding p. 65
1993Spathochlamys vaginula Waller p. 238
2011Spathochlamys vaginula Waller p. 36

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusSpathochlamys
speciesvaginula(Dall 1898)

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
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