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Spondylus (Spondylus) filiaris

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus filiaris was named by Dall (1916) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 166712, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Spondylus (Spondylus) filiaris by Dockery (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Spondylus filiaris Dall p. 493 figs. 83: 5-6
1982Spondylus (Spondylus) filiaris Dockery p. 50

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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
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesfiliaris()

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.

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Diagnosis
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