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Pycnodonte (Phygraea)
Taxonomy
Phygraea was named by Vyalov (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti T Mi]. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) by Vyalov (1936), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Casadio (1998), Squires (1999), Kiessling (2003), Brezina et al. (2014), Brezina et al. (2017) and Mendir et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pycnodontini by Squires (2018); and to Pycnodonte by Vyalov (1936), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Casadio (1998), Squires (1999), Kiessling (2003), Brezina et al. (2014), Brezina et al. (2017) and Mendir et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) by Vyalov (1936), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Casadio (1998), Squires (1999), Kiessling (2003), Brezina et al. (2014), Brezina et al. (2017) and Mendir et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pycnodontini by Squires (2018); and to Pycnodonte by Vyalov (1936), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Casadio (1998), Squires (1999), Kiessling (2003), Brezina et al. (2014), Brezina et al. (2017) and Mendir et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Phygraea badgeri, Phygraea haleyi, Phygraea lincolnensis, Phygraea newberryi, Phygraea pacifica, Phygraea stewarti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) burckhardti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus (syn. Ostrea operculata), Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) sarmientoi, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis (syn. Pycnodonta radiata, Gryphaea proboscidea, Ostrea hippopodium), Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Phygraea Vyalov p. 19 |
| 1936 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Vyalov p. 19 |
| 1983 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89 |
| 1990 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Squires and Demetrion p. 386 |
| 1992 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Squires and Demetrion p. 39 |
| 1998 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Casadio |
| 1999 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Squires p. 24 |
| 2002 | Phygraea Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Kiessling |
| 2014 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Brezina et al. |
| 2017 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Brezina et al. p. 113 |
| 2018 | Phygraea Squires p. 16 |
| 2021 | Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Mendir et al. p. 12 |
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Subg. †Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Vyalov 1936
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†Phygraea badgeri Squires 2018
†Phygraea haleyi Hertlein 1933
†Phygraea lincolnensis Weaver 1916
†Phygraea newberryi Stanton 1894
†Phygraea pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990
†Phygraea stewarti Hanna 1927
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) burckhardti Bohm 1903
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus Reuss 1848
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Invalid names: Ostrea operculata Reuss 1846 [synonym]
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis Gümbel 1861
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) sarmientoi Casadio 1998
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806
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†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822
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†Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica Bobkova 1960
Invalid names: Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gryphaea proboscidea Archiac 1903 [synonym], Ostrea hippopodium Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Pycnodonta radiata Fischer de Waldheim 1835 [synonym]
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri Stephenson 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available