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Eopecten hartzi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Velata hartzi was named by Rosenkrantz (1957). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Raeve Kloft, Bed I, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone/shale in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Rosenkrantz (1934); it was recombined as Eopecten hartzi by Aberhan (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Velata hartzi Rosenkrantz p. 79 figs. 1-7
1998Eopecten hartzi Aberhan p. 112 figs. Pl 13, figs 4-7,9-11

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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
genusEopectenDouvillé 1897
specieshartzi(Rosenkrantz 1957)

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.

Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957
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Diagnosis
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