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Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense
Taxonomy
Pecten (Pleuronectia) alabamensis was named by Aldrich (1886) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 638806, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Pecten (Amusium) alabamensis by de Gregario (1890); it was recombined as Pecten alabamensis by Aldrich (1921); it was recombined as Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense by Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Pecten (Amusium) alabamensis by de Gregario (1890); it was recombined as Pecten alabamensis by Aldrich (1921); it was recombined as Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense by Palmer and Brann (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Pecten (Pleuronectia) alabamensis Aldrich p. 40 figs. pl. 4, fig. 8 |
| 1890 | Pecten (Amusium) alabamensis de Gregario p. 183 |
| 1921 | Pecten alabamensis Aldrich |
| 1965 | Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense Palmer and Brann p. 29 |
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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.
†Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense Aldrich 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available