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Spondylus olssoni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus olssoni was named by Clark and Durham (1946). Its type specimen is UCMP 34916, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is U.C. Location S. 8049 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946), which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/sandstone in Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Spondylus olssoni Clark p. 55 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1, 5, 6, pl. 4, figs. 1, 6
1946Spondylus olssoni Clark and Durham p. 55 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1, 5, 6, pl. 4, figs. 1, 6
1982Spondylus olssoni Woodring p. 600

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesolssoni

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.

†Spondylus olssoni Clark and Durham 1946
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Diagnosis
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