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Etheripecten plicatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Taxonomy
Etheripecten plicatus was named by Waterhouse (1983). Its type specimen is UQ F63240 and is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4640, Bowen River, Exmoor Homestead, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine sandstone in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. bokharica, E. dalongensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Etheripecten plicatus Waterhouse p. 248 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4,6,11,14

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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
familyHeteropectinidaeBeurlen 1954
subfamilyEtheripectininae()
genusEtheripecten
speciesplicatus

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.

†Etheripecten plicatus Waterhouse 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available