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Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) cocoanus was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 141025, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) cocoanus by Tucker-Rowland (1936); it was recombined as Chlamys cocoanus by Harris and Palmer (1946); it was recombined as Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus by Glaw (1974) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pecten (Chlamys) cocoanus Dall p. 738 figs. pl. 34, fig. 23
1936Chlamys (Chlamys) cocoanus Tucker-Rowland p. 1001
1946Chlamys cocoanus Harris and Palmer p. 32
1974Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus Glaw pp. 6-7
1982Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus Dockery p. 42

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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
genusChlamysFischer 1886
subgenusAequipecten
speciescocoanus(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
No diagnoses are available