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Chlamys (Swiftopecten)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Swiftopecten was named by Hertlein (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pecten (Swiftopecten) by Hertlein (1935) and Faustman (1964); it was reranked as Chlamys (Swiftopecten) by MacNeil (1967), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984) and Kafanov et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Pecten by Hertlein (1935) and Faustman (1964); to Pectinidae by Adegoke (1967) and Moore (1984); to Chlamys by MacNeil (1967), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984) and Kafanov et al. (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Chlamys (Swiftopecten) iheringii, Chlamys (Swiftopecten) swifti (syn. Chlamys swiftii, Pecten swiftii), Swiftopecten hamlini, Swiftopecten parmeleei
Species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys ambigua, Chlamys arachnoideus, Chlamys austriatus, Chlamys balatonicus, Chlamys bavarica, Chlamys broilii, Chlamys burlesonensis, Chlamys burnetti, Chlamys cawcawensis, Chlamys chathamensis, Chlamys cocoana, Chlamys compitum, Chlamys concinnatus, Chlamys coquimbensis, Chlamys cossmanni, Chlamys crocus, Chlamys decorata, Chlamys dewalquei, Chlamys discor, Chlamys discors, Chlamys falgeri, Chlamys fassaensis, Chlamys ferniensis, Chlamys flabellum, Chlamys glabra, Chlamys gracilisquamosa, Chlamys guerangeri, Chlamys hinnitiformis, Chlamys hopkinsi, Chlamys interpunctata, Chlamys jamensis, Chlamys jamviensis, Chlamys jinvalensis, Chlamys judaica, Chlamys laurae, Chlamys liveoakensis, Chlamys luciensis, Chlamys matapwaensis, Chlamys michellesmithi, Chlamys multiformis, Chlamys nicholsi, Chlamys nipponensis, Chlamys nipponensis, Chlamys paronai, Chlamys perrugosa, Chlamys pertinax, Chlamys proprius, Chlamys proximus, Chlamys riggsi, Chlamys s., Chlamys sakitoensis, Chlamys salamanca, Chlamys schroeteri, Chlamys scrabrellus, Chlamys senatrius, Chlamys septemplicatus, Chlamys simpsoni, Chlamys spinulosa, Chlamys subaequicostata, Chlamys subalternicostatus, Chlamys subarticulatus, Chlamys subequicostatus, Chlamys subliliemensis, Chlamys subtextoria, Chlamys subulatae, Chlamys subvacaensis, Chlamys tauroperstriata, Chlamys textroia, Chlamys townsendi, Chlamys transdanubialis, Chlamys tullbergi, Chlamys turomtchensis, Chlamys vaughani, Chlamys vaun, Chlamys vaunwythei, Chlamys venustula, Chlamys vidali, Chlamys viminea, Chlamys vodopadnyensis, Chlamys wahtubbeanus, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pecten (Swiftopecten) Hertlein
1935Swiftopecten Hertlein
1964Pecten (Swiftopecten) Faustman p. 116
1967Swiftopecten Adegoke p. 337
1967Chlamys (Swiftopecten) MacNeil p. 11
1984Chlamys (Swiftopecten) Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 98
1984Swiftopecten Moore p. B58
2001Chlamys (Swiftopecten) Kafanov et al.
2002Swiftopecten Sepkoski

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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
genusChlamysRöding 1798
subgenusSwiftopecten(Hertlein 1935)

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.

Subg. Chlamys (Swiftopecten) Hertlein 1935
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Invalid names: Chlamys swiftii Kinoshita and Isahaya 1934 [synonym], Pecten swiftii Bernardi 1858 [synonym]
†Swiftopecten hamlini Arnold 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available