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Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten squamuliferus was named by Morris (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Wellington (Strzelecki coll), which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

It was recombined as Aviculopecten squamuliferus by Etheridge and Dun (1906), Fletcher (1929) and Sahni and Dutt (1959); it was recombined as Deltopecten squamuliferus by Maxwell (1964) and Wass and Banks (1971); it was recombined as Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Pecten squamuliferus Morris p. 278 figs. Pl 14, fig 1
1847Pecten squamuliferus M'Coy p. 298
1849Pecten squamuliferus Dana p. 705
1906Aviculopecten squamuliferus Etheridge and Dun p. 83
1929Aviculopecten squamuliferus Fletcher pp. 4-6
1959Aviculopecten squamuliferus Sahni and Dutt p. 658 figs. Pl 24, figs 1,2
1964Deltopecten squamuliferus Maxwell p. 49 figs. Pl 10, fig 19
1971Deltopecten squamuliferus Wass and Banks
1987Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus Waterhouse p. 157 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyDeltopectinidae
subfamilySquamuliferipectininaeWaterhouse 2008
genusSquamuliferipecten
speciessquamuliferus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available