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Vnigripecten phosphaticus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Taxonomy
Aviculopecten phosphaticus was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 1737, a valve (left valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is USGS 988c, Coal Canyon bed 9, which is in a Roadian offshore ramp limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Vnigripecten phosphaticus by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984) and Newell and Boyd (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Aviculopecten phosphaticus Girty
1938Aviculopecten phosphaticus Newell p. 54 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
1959Aviculopecten kolymaensis Maslennikov
1959Aviculopecten kolymaensis Maslennikow p. 76 figs. Pl 43, figs 1,2
1960Aviculopecten volucer Lutkevitch and Lobanova
1963Aviculopecten phosphaticus Ciriacks p. 46 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-6
1981Aviculopecten phosphaticus Muromtseva p. 35 figs. Pl 9, figs 10-14; pl 11, fig 5
1984Vnigripecten phosphaticus Muromtseva and Guskov p. 65 figs. Pl 25, figs 9,18; pl 26, figs 1-17; pl 27, figs 2,3; pl 28, figs 13,14; pl 30, figs 3,4; pl 31, figs
1995Vnigripecten phosphaticus Newell and Boyd p. 44 fig. 31

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyHeteropectinidaeBeurlen 1954
subfamilyEtheripectininae()
tribeEtheripectininiWaterhouse 1982
genusVnigripecten
speciesphosphaticus()

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: Aviculopecten kolymaensis Maslennikow 1959 [synonym], Aviculopecten volucer Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available