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Lyropecten miguelensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis was named by Arnold (1906). Its type specimen is UCMP 12079, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Miguel Island, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Lyropecten miguelensis by Moore (1984) and Smith (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis Arnold pp. 79-80 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1, 1a, 1b
1928Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis Hertlein p. 151 figs. Plate 24, fig. 1
1932Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis Loel and Corey p. 199 figs. Plate 29, figures 2, 3; plate 30, figure 2
1984Lyropecten miguelensis Moore pp. B49 - B50 figs. Plate 16, figures 1, 2, 4
1991Lyropecten miguelensis Smith p. 61 figs. Plate 34, figures 1-6; plate 35, figures 1, 5, 6

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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
genusLyropectenConrad 1862
speciesmiguelensis()

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.

†Lyropecten miguelensis Arnold 1906
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Diagnosis
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