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Weyla (Weyla) alata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy
Pecten alatus was named by von Buch (1838). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Weyla (Weyla) alata by Aberhan (1998); it was recombined as Weyla alata by Damborenea and Manceñido (1979) and Scholz et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Pecten alatus von Buch
1933Parapecten praecursor Crickmay p. 905 figs. Pl 25, figs 4,5
1979Weyla alata Damborenea and Manceñido p. 97
1979Weyla praecursor Damborenea and Manceñido p. 98
1998Weyla (Weyla) alata Aberhan p. 119 figs. Pl 15, figs 3, 5-8; pl 16, figs 3,12
2008Weyla alata Scholz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
NeitheoidaeSobetski 1960
familyNeitheidaeSobetzky 1960
genusWeylaBöhm 1920
subgenusWeylaBoehm 1922
speciesalata(von Buch 1838)

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.

Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838
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Invalid names: Parapecten praecursor Crickmay 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available