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Pachypteria nobilissima

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea nobilissima was named by Koninck (1851). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pachypteria nobilissima by Koninck (1885) and Newell and Boyd (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Ostrea nobilissima Koninck
1885Pachypteria nobilissima Koninck
1970Pachypteria nobilissima Newell and Boyd p. 253 figs. figs. 7C, 17

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusPachypteria
speciesnobilissima(Koninck 1851)

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.

Pachypteria nobilissima Koninck 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available