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Pecten (Pecten) dentatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten dentatus was named by Sowerby (1829) [non Pecten dentatus G. B. Sowerby 1835 (extant species)]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) dentatus by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) dentatus by Gahr (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Pecten dentatus Sowerby
1903Pecten (Pecten) dentatus Arnold pp. 104 - 105 figs. Plate XII, Figs. 1 and 1a
2002Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) dentatus Gahr

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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
genusPecten
subgenusPecten
speciesdentatus(Sowerby 1829)

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.

†Pecten (Pecten) dentatus Sowerby 1829
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Diagnosis
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