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Lyropecten pittieri
Taxonomy
Pecten (Lyropecten) pittieri was named by Dall (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; circum-Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 214368, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Chlamys pittieri by Butterlin (1960); it was recombined as Gigantopecten pittieri by Mongin (1968); it was recombined as Lyropecten pittieri by De Buisonjé (1974).
It was recombined as Chlamys pittieri by Butterlin (1960); it was recombined as Gigantopecten pittieri by Mongin (1968); it was recombined as Lyropecten pittieri by De Buisonjé (1974).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Pecten (Lyropecten) pittieri Dall p. 10 |
| 1919 | Pecten (Lyropecten) pittieri Cooke p. 135 |
| 1960 | Chlamys pittieri Butterlin |
| 1968 | Gigantopecten pittieri Mongin p. 491 |
| 1974 | Lyropecten pittieri De Buisonjé p. 226 figs. Pl 4, figs 2,3; pl 5, fig 1 |
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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.
†Lyropecten pittieri Dall 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available