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Argopecten ericellus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Plagioctenium) ericellus was named by Hertlein (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 2998, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1132 - Pacific Beach, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.

It was recombined as Chlamys (Argopecten) ericellus by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Argopecten ericellus by Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys concinnatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Pecten (Plagioctenium) ericellus Hertlein p. 215 figs. pl. 24, figs. 10, 11
1972Chlamys (Argopecten) ericellus Hertlein and Grant p. 199
1984Argopecten ericellus Moore p. B37 figs. Plate 12, figure 2

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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
genusArgopectenMonterosato 1889
speciesericellus()

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.

†Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
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Diagnosis
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