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Chesapecten madisonius

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten madisonius was named by Say (1824) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Lyropecten) madisonius by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) madisonius by Glenn (1904) and Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Chlamys (Lyropecten) madisonia by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Chesapecten madisonius by Ward and Blackwelder (1975) and Gibson (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Pecten madisonius Say p. 134
1898Pecten (Lyropecten) madisonius Dall p. 724
1904Pecten (Chlamys) madisonius Glenn p. 377
1928Pecten madisonius Mansfield p. 10
1936Pecten (Chlamys) madisonius Mansfield p. 174
1943Chlamys (Lyropecten) madisonia Gardner p. 32
1975Chesapecten madisonius Ward and Blackwelder p. 16
1987Chesapecten madisonius Gibson p. 73

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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
genusChesapecten
speciesmadisonius(Say 1824)

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
No diagnoses are available