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Acanthopecten
Taxonomy
Acanthopecten was named by Girty (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Pecten carboniferous.
It was assigned to Aviculopectininae by Vokes (1980); to Pectinacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthopectinidae by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Aviculopectininae by Vokes (1980); to Pectinacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthopectinidae by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
A. anshunensis, A. bellosum, A. carboniferous, A. carboniferus (syn. Pecten hawni), A. coloradoensis, A. delawarensis, A. equicostatus, A. gaoanensis, A. giganteus, A. jaguelensis, A. josephinae, A. licharewi, A. meeki, A. onukii, A. shenshuensis, A. spinosus, A. subgiganteus, A. xizangensis, A. ziphocostatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Acanthopecten Girty |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten Vokes p. 47 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten anshunensis Xu p. 8 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten subgiganteus Xu p. 8 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten equicostatus Xu p. 13 |
| 1992 | Acanthopecten Amler p. 415 |
| 1995 | Acanthopecten Newell and Boyd p. 45 |
| 2002 | Acanthopecten Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Acanthopecten Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. †Acanthopecten Girty 1903
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†Acanthopecten bellosum Hoare et al. 1978
†Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858
†Acanthopecten coloradoensis Newberry 1861
†Acanthopecten delawarensis Girty 1908
†Acanthopecten gaoanensis Li and Ding 1982
†Acanthopecten giganteus Chen et al. 1974
†Acanthopecten jaguelensis Gonzalez 1997
†Acanthopecten josephinae Gemmellaro 1896
†Acanthopecten licharewi Fredericks 1915
†Acanthopecten meeki Newell 1938
†Acanthopecten onukii Murata 1964
†Acanthopecten shenshuensis Liang 1980
†Acanthopecten spinosus Hayasaka 1925
†Acanthopecten xizangensis Liu 1976
†Acanthopecten ziphocostatus Liu 1976
Invalid names: Acanthopecten anshunensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Acanthopecten equicostatus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Acanthopecten subgiganteus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available