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Entolium discites

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronectites discites was named by Schlotheim (1820). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pecten discites by Goldfuss (1836), Giebel (1856), Bittner (1899), Bittner (1901) and Ogilvie Gordon (1927); it was recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites by Cox (1924) and Awad (1945); it was recombined as Costentolium discites by Freneix (1980); it was recombined as Palaeoentolium discites by Romanov (1985); it was recombined as Entolium discites by Gall (1971), Farsan (1972), Bychkov et al. (1976), Chen (1982) and Neri and Posenato (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pleuronectites discites Schlotheim
1836Pecten discites Goldfuss
1856Pecten discites Giebel
1899Pecten discites Bittner
1901Pecten discites Bittner
1924Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites Cox
1927Pecten discites Ogilvie Gordon
1945Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites Awad
1971Entolium discites Gall
1972Entolium discites Farsan
1976Entolium discites Bychkov et al.
1980Costentolium discites Freneix
1982Entolium discites Chen p. 217 figs. Pl 3, figs 5-8
1985Entolium discites Neri and Posenato figs. Pl 3, fig 4
1985Palaeoentolium discites Romanov

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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)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEntolioideaTeppner 1922
familyEntoliidaeKorobkov 1960
genusEntolium()
speciesdiscites(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available