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Argopecten evermanni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Plagioctenium) evermanni was named by Jordan and Hertlein (1926). Its type specimen is CAS 2108, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 944, Turtle Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Mexico.

It was recombined as Argopecten evermanni by Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys concinnatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Pecten (Plagioctenium) evermanni Jordan and Hertlein p. 439 figs. pl. 27, fig. 1
1984Argopecten evermanni Moore p. B39 figs. Plate 13, figure 7

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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
speciesevermanni()

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 evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
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Diagnosis
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