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Carolinapecten eboreus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Aequipecten eborea was named by Conrad (1833). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten eboreus by Conrad (1833); it was recombined as Pecten (Plagioctenium) eboreus by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus by Mansfield (1932); it was recombined as Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus eboreus by Mansfield (1936); it was recombined as Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Argopecten eboreus by Gibson (1987); it was recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pecten eboreus Conrad p. 341
1898Pecten (Plagioctenium) eboreus Dall p. 749
1932Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus Mansfield p. 60
1936Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus eboreus Mansfield p. 174
1943Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea Gardner p. 36
1987Argopecten eboreus Gibson p. 50
1987Carolinapecten eboreus Ward and Blackwelder p. 141 figs. Plates 6, 7, Figs. 9-11
2008Carolinapecten eboreus Hendy et al.

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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
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
genusCarolinapecten
specieseboreus(Conrad 1833)

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.

†Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available