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Antillipecten cercadicus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten cercadica was named by Maury (1917). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) cercadica by Hubbard (1920); it was recombined as Antillipecten cercadicus by Waller (2011).

Synonyms
  • Pecten gardnerae was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 167113, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3440, which is in a Miocene coastal marl in Cuba.

    It was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) gardnerae by Cooke (1919); it was synonymized subjectively with Antillipecten cercadicus by Waller (2011).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Pecten cercadica Maury
1919Pecten (Plagioctenium) gardnerae Cooke
1919Pecten gardnerae Cooke p. 134 figs. pl. 7, figs. 5, 6
1920Pecten (Plagioctenium) cercadica Hubbard p. 94
2011Antillipecten cercadicus Waller p. 112

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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
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
tribeDecatopectininiWaller 1986
genusAntillipecten
speciescercadicus(Maury 1917)

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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Invalid names: Antillipecten gardnerae Cooke 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available