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Hemipecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipecten was named by Adams (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Propeamussiidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hemipectininae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Hemipecten Adams
1886Semipecten Fischer
1986Semipecten Crame
1992Hemipecten Lamprell and Whitehead p. 18
2002Hemipecten Sepkoski
2010Hemipecten Bouchet et al.

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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
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPalliolinaeKorbobkov in Eberzin 1960
genusHemipectenAdams 1849

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. Hemipecten Adams 1849
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Invalid names: Semipecten Fischer 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available