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Aequipecten suwaneensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115777, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aequipecten suwaneensis by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis Dall p. 734
1965Aequipecten suwaneensis Palmer and Brann p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciessuwaneensis(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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