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Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Taxonomy
Gryphites speluncarius was named by von Schlotheim (1816). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Avicula speluncaria by Geinitz (1841), Geinitz (1861) and Langenhan (1899); it was recombined as Monotis speluncaria by King (1850) and Howse (1857); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis speluncaria by Newell (1955), Fantini Sestini (1965), Logan (1967), Pattison (1970) and Muromtseva (1981); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria by Newell and Boyd (1970) and Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Gryphites speluncarius von Schlotheim p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a-c
1829Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby p. 119
1834Avicula gryphaeoides Phillips figs. Pl 3, figs 6a, 6b
1834Pecten radialis Phillips figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1841Avicula speluncaria Geinitz p. 639
1845Ostrea matercula de Verneuil p. 330 figs. Pl 21, figs 13a-c
1848Monotis gryphaeoides Howse p. 249
1850Monotis speluncaria King p. 155 figs. Pl 13, figs 5-21
1850Monotis garforthensis King p. 157 figs. Pl 13, figs 24,25
1850Monotis radialis King p. 157 figs. Pl 13, figs 22,23
1857Monotis speluncaria Howse p. 305
1861Avicula speluncaria Geinitz p. 74 figs. Pl 14, figs 5-7
1881Pseudomonotis garforthensis Waagen p. 278 figs. Pl 22, fig 2
1881Pseudomonotis radialis Waagen p. 280 figs. Pl 23, fig 5
1899Avicula speluncaria Langenhan p. 47 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1915Pseudomonotis (Eumicrotis) radialis Diener p. 58 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6
1931Prospondylus noinskyi Licharew
1955Pseudomonotis speluncaria Newell p. 18 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-5,7,8,10-12
1965Pseudomonotis speluncaria Fantini Sestini p. 82 figs. Pl 8, fig 8
1967Pseudomonotis speluncaria Logan p. 24 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-11; pl 3, figs 1-16; text-fig 2
1970Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria Newell and Boyd p. 243 figs. 1A,B, 12, 13
1970Pseudomonotis speluncaria Pattison p. 146 figs. Pl 20, fig 13
1981Pseudomonotis speluncaria Muromtseva p. 35 figs. Pl 9, fig 18
1984Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria Muromtseva and Guskov p. 76 figs. Pl 33, figs 2-4,17
1984Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) garforthensis Muromtseva and Guskov p. 77 figs. Pl 33, fig 18

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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
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusPseudomonotis
subgenusPseudomonotisBeyrich 1862
speciesspeluncaria()

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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Invalid names: Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829 [synonym], Monotis garforthensis King 1850 [synonym], Ostrea matercula de Verneuil 1845 [synonym], Pseudomonotis radialis Phillips 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available