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Pacipecten discus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten discus was named by Conrad (1857). Its type specimen is UCMP 13335, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) discus by Arnold (1906); it was recombined as Pecten (Aequipecten) discus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Chlamys discus by Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Leptopecten discus by Vedder and Moore (1976); it was recombined as Aequipecten discus by Squires and Fritsche (1978); it was recombined as Pacipecten discus by Moore (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pecten discus Conrad pp. 190-191 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1
1906Pecten (Plagioctenium) discus Arnold pp. 86-87
1915Pecten (Pecten) cierboensis Clark p. 449 figs. pl. 47, fig. 6
1915Pecten (Pecten) raymondi Clark pp. 450-452 figs. pl. 46, figs. 1-2
1931Pecten (Aequipecten) discus Grant, IV and Gale p. 200
1966Chlamys discus Stanton, Jr. p. 27
1969Aequipecten raymondi Adegoke p. 99
1976Leptopecten discus Vedder and Moore p. 121
1978Aequipecten discus Squires and Fritsche p. 21
1984Pacipecten discus Moore pp. B46 - B47 figs. Plate 14, figures 3-5; 7-9

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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
genusPacipectenVerrill 1897
speciesdiscus(Conrad 1857)

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.

†Pacipecten discus Conrad 1857
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Invalid names: Aequipecten raymondi Clark 1915 [synonym], Pecten (Pecten) cierboensis Clark 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available