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Lyropecten vaughani

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani was named by Arnold (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ojai Valley, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani Arnold p. 81 figs. Plate 23, Fig. 3
1932Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani Loel and Corey pp. 201 - 202 figs. Plate 21, figure 9
1984Lyropecten vaughani Moore p. B50 figs. Plate 17, figures 2 - 4
1991Lyropecten vaughani Smith pp. 68 - 69 figs. Plate 26, figures 10, 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
genusLyropectenConrad 1862
speciesvaughani()

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 vaughani Arnold 1906
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†Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani emigdioensis Wagner and Schilling 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available