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Acanthopecten gaoanensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopecten gaoanensis was named by Li and Ding (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-2558, a valve (Left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongshengling, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. grandis, A. nobilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Acanthopecten gaoanensis Li and Ding p. 316 figs. Pl 123, fig 6

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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
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyLimipectinidaeNewell and Boyd 1990
subfamilyAcanthopectininae()
genusAcanthopecten
speciesgaoanensis

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.

†Acanthopecten gaoanensis Li and Ding 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available