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Cassianoides crassispinosus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Taxonomy
Aviculopecten crassispinosus was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27034/1:1, a valve (Left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

It was recombined as Cassianoides crassispinosus by Nakazawa (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Aviculopecten crassispinosus Chronic p. 163
1953Aviculopecten crassispinosus Chronic p. 155 figs. Pl 33, figs 10-13b
1999Cassianoides crassispinosus Nakazawa p. 15

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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
subfamilyCassianoidinae()
genusCassianoides
speciescrassispinosus()

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