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Amusium papyraceum

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronectia papyracea was named by Gabb (1873). Its type specimen is ANSP, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amusium papyraceum by Dall (1898), Maury (1920) and Waller (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. zinguli, A. zinguli, A. squamulum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Pleuronectia papyracea Gabb p. 257
1898Amusium papyraceum Dall p. 718
1920Amusium papyraceum Maury p. 21
2011Amusium papyraceum Waller p. 94

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciespapyraceum(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
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Diagnosis
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