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Camptonectes mundus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Camptonectes mundus was named by Melville (1956). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSM 28760. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (A. margaritatus Zone, 729-844ft), which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone/shale in the Middle Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Camptonectes mundus Melville

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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
genusCamptonectesMeek 1864
speciesmundus

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.

†Camptonectes mundus Melville 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available