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Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten equivalvis was named by Sowerby (1816). It is the type species of Pseudopecten, Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten).

It was recombined as Pseudopecten equivalvis by Douville (1879) and Damborenea (2002); it was recombined as Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) aequivalvis by Valls et al. (2004); it was recombined as Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis by Inesta et al. (1990), Gahr (2002) and Paredes et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Pecten equivalvis Sowerby
1879Pseudopecten equivalvis Douville p. 92
1990Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Inesta et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 11
2002Pseudopecten equivalvis Damborenea p. 80 figs. Pl 7, figs 11-17
2002Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Gahr
2004Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) aequivalvis Valls et al. p. 159 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7
2013Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 15

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusPseudopectenBayle 1878
subgenusPseudopectenBayle 1878
speciesequivalvis(Sowerby 1816)

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